Prada Spring Summer 2012 Review

 It's a fun and light shoe but I'm not impressed

 Icecream pleated skirts. Yes

 Ugh, no. We've been here before Miuccia

No. I can't even.

What’s to say really? Just more of the same. Her last spring/summer collection was well received and deservedly so but this collection fell back into typical Miuccia. The current fall collection question asks what is sexy? And this spring collection asks what is sweet? The shoes were ugly. I’m a little bored with how she thinks she’s pushing taste boundaries and being all like what is chic and what is tacky? So she can turn around and be like it was my intention to make the shoes ugly and you're the one with the problem. Whatever bitch. A spade is an ugly Prada heel with leather flame appliqué. Jeremy Scott did the exact same thing this season as well but it works for him. With Miuccia it’s like she thinks she’s being really controversial. Ugh. She’s makin me mad.
 From a construction point of view some of these pieces won’t cost more than a few dollars to make. Like those elasticated bandeaus and skirts. It’s not rocket science. If a skirt cost $10 to make and they charge what, $600 for a skirt? You do the math (because I suck at math). I know I'm missing the point when it comes to price points etc and I've defended her before about this but you have to wonder is it inspired design or cost cutting?  And can she stop bedazzling stuff? It doesn’t add anything to the clothes. It seems like such an afterthought to try and add value or a sense of workmanship.

Jeremy Scott Spring Summer 2012

Love Jeremy Scott. Ridiculous, unwearable yet totally wearable at a gay bar. Sure people don’t take his work seriously. He’s not Nicolas Ghesquiere but he truly understands bad taste and pushes people’s buttons while having a laugh. I mean, an appliqué flame dress is classic late 90’s trailer trash. Every scum bag had a flame print shirt in requisite polyester and a can of beer in their hand in the 90’s (and the early naughts too). And his prints are so much fun. Cacti, sunglasses. It’s totally his look and no one else can pull it off but Scott. The platform shoes with Harajuku frilly socks were cute and the question mark dresses were like totally questioning bad taste. I'm a fucking genius. ps, it's all about chaps.

Jeremy Scott: King of Trash (the good kind)

Deliciously tacky fall collection from Jeremy Scott. There was a religious theme with tops that had a stained glass cross that was machine-embroidered recalling perhaps something you’d pick up from a souvenir shop. It may or may not have been a reference to Christian Lacroix who did a very similar top in the 80’s.

The bright stained glass colours then led on to big-possibly plastic-rhinestones dotted onto sexy thigh high boots and clingy tube dresses that were dripping with metal crucifixes.

The one piece that I’m just dying to have is the drawstring leather backpack smattered with gold Jeremy Scott brand plaques. It’s a 90’s, logo crazy hot mess and I need it.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK IS OVER

My head is still spinning from all the collections I've seen this past week but there's barely time to breathe. London is already kicking and screaming.
I had a quick look on the official LFW website and I think I saw Bora Aksu has already shown so I've gotta look at that.
I saw Jeremy Scott is on the schedule too. Apparently he's going to be showing this collection in New Zealand for fashion week and none other than Vivienne Westwood's muse, Pamela Anderson will be there.

I think the Spring shows were the strongest I've seen in New York lately. The last two seasons were blaaah.

My faves for New York were Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang and Karen Walker.

Worst collections? That's tough and most would be for different reasons but off the top of my head Peter Som (but maybe I just don't get his vision), Narciso Rodriguez, Halston (just let the man rest in peace) and Ralph Lauren.

ps, here's a pic of my fave shoe of the season. It's Calvin Klein. It kinda reminds me of this hideous orthopaedic shoe my maths teacher used to wear. You know, the ones you buy from the pharmacy. I love them.