This was a review that I HAD to post, there was no running away from it because to be completely honest...I'm shocked. If you know me you will no doubt hear me talking about Miu Miu non stop till your ears bleed, hear me rambling on about how Miuccia Prada made animal prints (as in literally animal silhouettes) chic instead of childish! How she creates dazzling shapes and structures, but today I'm throwing a little bit of my love out the window of a 100th floor flat. I won't be completely nasty about this show because I
The Bad
I like the last design, it's just the satin doesn't hang well, it doesn't look right to me.
What I must get out of the way right now is those hideous jackets! Fair enough if they are your style or preference but from other reviews i've read so far (All negative) and also just the sight of them I can't help but feel depressed that one of my vastly becoming 'favourite' fashion brands has let me down! I suppose i'm being quite harsh right now but if i'm going to write a review i might as well be as honest as possible. The jackets are what i'd call frumpy, if anyone uses that word anymore, they don't compliment the models figures at all. In fact they look about 4 sizes too big for them and while i can't deny 'oversized' can look damn good sometimes, these jackets just don't do anything for the eye. It's not just the size either, it's the shape, the range of awful colours and also those odd flower looking prints that adorn the front. The one that makes me question the decisions of Prada most is that garish gold, green, black and silver one, that would make even the most experienced sailor seasick. I can imagine it (minus the green) as a sequined top in a plain cut with a wavy edge, but definitely not as a jacket. The other thing i must point out and i feel a little bad for saying this, but has anyone else noticed that some of the dresses look a little flung together and not fitted properly? Of course not all clothes must look skin tight, but what I mean is that some of them look a little unfinished. And the satin mixed with some of those silhouettes adds a cheap looking quality. But I must move on now in fear that i'll convince myself otherwise of Miu Miu's greatness.
The Good
Thank god we've reached this stage of the review I was feeling a little flustered. After the initial disappointment I came upon some dresses that grabbed me from the water I just plunged myself into and said 'Hey look, Miuccia's still got it!'. I must compliment her on the swan dress, especially for keeping a little animal in her designs. It fits, it hangs wonderfully and reminds me a little of Japanese kimonos and paintings. It has a graceful tranquility about it and I like that. Another thing that grabbed my attention was the stars that have been mixed in the designs, I'm not always taken by stars as I feel they are over used a bit but they give the garments an edgy cool feel which definitely adds some youth to the collection. I especially like the starry skirt with the red and white top. My overall love of the entire collection, a little plain jane but classy was the black, knee length dress with four straps that had a lace like detail cut into the fabric below that reminded me of daisies (very spring time indeed). This is the kind of Italian chic i would love to have vibrated through the whole collection but at least we can admire this. Even the belt adds to it's delicate and womanly appearance and the model looks great!
All in all though I am disappointed, there were a few hidden gems and my love for Miuccia Prada and Miu Miu is still very much there, if not saved by her previous collections. Lets just hope that FW is something more of a treat than a surprise gone wrong. Feel free to disagree with anything i say, after all it's all down to opinion! :)
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