the prada musings

A dreamlike, summery moodboard was made above due to the overwhelming new thought I've been having on Prada after the last before last post (http://pinkonthespot.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-collection-obsession.html). I love how the collections progress between each other, and the spring is definitely a collection I've had some new ideas on. It's "1960 summer"-like, the collection, and is almost as if we peak into the dreams of a woman at the time: ready to let go but not quite free. It is like the summer before she transforms but yet very dreamlike, like a woman's dream, in particular. That's what the 1960's were for women: they broke free and really did "live their dreams". I think fashion takes powerful messages from the pasts and pairs them with a modern sophistication to make something new and improved, but not necessarily disregarding the old-fashioned. From looking at past covers of Vogue, particularly from the 1960's, the similarities between them and the new Prada collection may be a couple, but Miuccia paired the classic with something timeless, new, and youthful:

my collection obsession

Quite a lot has gone down in Fashion Week past, and God knows I'm pretty much bouncing out of my chair for the rest of the shows. But, alas, Prada Fall/Winter 2011 has made the season such a beauty to me. The boots were absolutely all my dreams come true. I looks like a Mary Jane with some pretty funky socks tucked in, but it's a boot. I covet them with a passion:

Of course, these and many other details of the collection was reminiscent of the '60s:


The way the models clutched the bags suggested to me a girlish ladylike, a youthful form of classy which I just found refreshing. The whole collection seemed other-worldly, and somehow Miuccia translated the '60s into something very modern and youthful but still a sense of class. The collection had a sense of the evolution of the modern woman, who started experimenting with colors (hence the striking yet simple color palette) and silhouettes (the past two collections were very fitted, especially Fall 2010, which went for the curviest possible). The woman had a sense of independence going into the sixties, and since women were making a path in their own careers, I thought the aviation-like hat on some of the models was reminiscent of Amelia Earhart. Although she disappeared in 1937, she is a figure that holds a strong representation of the independent woman.
Hm, I think that Prada's past three collections were really a time travel: from the 50s (Fall 2010), to the "summer vacation" of 1960 (Spring 2011), to finally a mid-sixties sort of vibe (Fall 2011).

spring fever

Yes, the spring fever has finally struck. No, it's not the fabulously warm weather from last week or the peach juice from Eataly (which are quite scrumptious). It's probably the huge load of March 2011 fashion magazines that I've been collecting (as if I don't have enough already). So, to serenade spring fashion and summarize all my thoughts on it, I made the collage above. You know me, I like so many pictures that I just have to cut them all out and make something pretty. So, my somewhat "theme" for Spring 2011 is the "Housewife turned Rebel". It may sound stupid but...you know what I mean!

you say you want a revolution, well, you know

for narnia.

okay, so u know and I especially know that posting was lacking because of christmas shopping. so nooooooooooooooooow, i come to you with my inspiration of the moment. so our awesome pastor had a film festival of the first to narnia movies and then the next movie was seen with my brother two weekends ago....and i'm overwhelmed with the love of everything in narnia. the same time i bought the december issue of bazaar was around the time i saw "dawn treader", so tell me about the rawness of the shine and this dirty royalty vibe:

don't you forget about me.

at the hour of severe hunger and thirst of fashion during this blasted winter time there comes the pre-fall rag&bone collection in all it's worn-out boot glory. this collection definitely stores a bit of that raw toughness without the embellishments, but has a purity with a hint of innocence that is not sugarcoated. it's when the cool is stripped down and it's a "tough classy". even though the pieces look amazing on their own, together they portray a character themselves, something honest. it doesn't have to be "simply soft and rosy" or "rock and roll", it can be both in a way that proceeds each other in a fashion that is not rushed and flows together in a beautiful ideal.
the collection itself is reminiscent to allison from "the breakfast club", her appearance from start to finish, beginning to end. her makeover didn't change the overall ideal of herself but still was a transition and change like the collection:



just a thought.
xoxo.

to catch a thief.

finally, i have discovered the wonderful channel that is turner classic movies. so, yes, i was watching classic movies all thanksgiving long while i munched on yummy turkey and blabbed on black friday of my love for button downs {while still shopping for friends on the dreaded day when there is barely breathing room in some stores}.
to answer your questions on the pictures above, why, yes, i did watch to catch a thief. and yes, it was quite amazing. well, underestimating it a bit. every part of the movie, especially the costumes {all hail edith head!}, deserve an amazing on it's own.
the costumes were the same hint of classy 1950s, but this was a bit "classy people on vacation". what i really noticed was the amazing usage of full skirts and fitted waists to make your waistline gorgeous in the 1950s. there's not a scene when you can't land your eyes on a beautiful dress with a waistline i adore that could fit a women better. it's not as extreme as the 1800s' delicate and way too minute waistline, but it isn't the totally loose fit that's been the trending thing today. ah, how i love the delicate structures of the 1950s.
grace kelly's pink dress in the convertible with cary grant especially reminded me of the spring 2010 miu miu runway, this look in particular:

to make a math reference, the rotations on the dress are what really makes them similar. and the same careful structure of the waist as well.


xoxo.

after watching "night of the iguana" and "my favorite brunette" on tcm, there was one particular outfit piece that caught my eye the most: the classic button down. the button down has been worn from the 1950s on and on and on, and there are about a billion variations inhabiting wardrobes. it's a timeless classic that never really does go out of style, and, as the cheesy self help style books say, a "must have for your closet".
when the spring 2011 collections first came out, I especially adored the viktor & rolf collection because the button down is something that I wear at least once a week. my button downs are essential to my look, and of course, i am the princess born in the wrong decade, so it's one more way i could channel my inner audrey hepburn or marilyn monroe {yes, i like to do that}. you'd think that the button down was done in every way possible, until viktor & rolf came along and broke the barrier....like they break the barrier to everything.
every look held some variation of the button down {41 buttons downs, big and small people!} and above is just a couple of my favorite looks. and of course those four looks remind me of one classic in particular:

audrey hepburn, or her character holly golightly, who just arouse from her slumber by the ever-so-dashing writer played by george peppard.
of course, the button down dates back to men at the office, but since i like to search for the different in things like those, men who roof houses like an outsider:

darry curtis from the outsiders, being the outsiders fanatic i am. {he's wearing this dark greenish grey variation, if you look at it in color}
or of course, if you wanna see the modern, high fashion variation, leave it to benny horne in his photograph for rushh:

i never quite realized how much the button down really is a classic, and the last thing i like to do is repeat a million times in this ever-so-cliche fashion that "it's a must have for every wardrobe". even if it is....

xoxo.