This morning the house of Prada had a plague of digital proportions brought upon it. Perhaps this was the God’s of live streaming punishing the house for it’s slow embrace of social media, or not.
And
whilst the masses were left muttering curses into our blank screens, the tweets
rained acclaim upon Miuccia’s late 1950’s/early 1960’s inspired collection.
It’s hard now for any designer to reference this period without the media drawing comparisons to the greatest television show on the face of the earth aka Mad Men. Just ask Michael Kors, who was an enthusiastic early adopter/fan girl of Mad Men. So potent was the show’s aesthetic, the New Yorker's entire A/W 09/10 collection was themed around the show.
Kors
(who must be seething that he didn’t time his collection to coincide with the show reaching critical mass appeal) should have used one or two rounder models (as Prada
have), to lend his silhouettes the same air of authenticity as those seen at Prada.
Of
course any 1950/60’s themed collection would be incongruous without matching footwear,
which is precisely what mother Muccia has delivered.
Prada’s
pointed toe pumps and square toe loafer pumps make reparations for last season’s
ghet-toe shocker that rendered the Despotic Queen of Shoes momentarily
speechless.
On
offer for A/W 10/11 is a collection of demure silhouettes that bought to mind
the work of the late great Roger Vivier, who Imelda notes, was at the peak of
his creativity during the late 1950’s and 60’s.
Everywhere
the Despotic Queen looked, the crisp throat lines of the slingbacks, the jewel encrusted
vamps, the sweet bow trims to the mocc loafer vamps with contrasting topline
stitching, the master’s influence was omnipresent.
Prada’s
warm autumnal palette included a thick gooey camel patent, currently trending
as one of the key colours for the season. While the stiletto and straight back
block heels kept the collection on-track with the mid century references.
image credit / daylife / style.it
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