……………I usually don’t comment on, or review designers collections, but after watching the PRADA show on YouTube I couldn’t resist………YEARS AGO I used to love the Prada collection…and even wore Prada’s men’s clothes…but that was many years ago. Over the recent years there have been a few garments I have liked……but….in general the collections have been disappointing. to me….I was hoping the new Winter 2024 collection was going to surprise me in a good way….but in MHO it was a huge fail. I’m sure there will be those who do not agree with me, and will shout hosanna and cry about the beauty of the clothes that walked down the runway, and worship at the alter of Prada…..For me it was just UGLY….from the top of their heads to the ugly shoes they were wearing, and the bags they were carrying were all a BIG NO…..There was so much that was wrong it’s hard to call anything out that I thought was terrific. The skirts were ridiculous and the dresses were just shapeless sacks with bows or flocked flowers, or silly cheap looking streamers down the front. The jackets some will think were good, but for me they were just oversized straight boxes, and that’s the best I can say for them…Oversized jackets seem to show up on many runways, but other designers did them much better……..If I was forced to pick out something it would have to be the shirt sweaters that were layered under a few jackets, some very simple shrunken sweaters that were very generic, and could have come from China, and one black fit and flare coat that did stand out…….The rest was a forced disaster…….I do not think the collaboration of Prada and Raf Simons is a success, but then I never really liked anything….or few things Simons designed. He never seem to be at one house for very long before he was let go….perhaps there was a good reason for that?…..I guess Prada is just into strange ugly clothes…….However, you should watch the show on YouTube and decide for yourselves.
Louis, did you ever see the “I Love Lucy” episode when they are in Paris, Lucy and Ethel are parading around in some ridiculous outfits with buckets for hats…same here.
Yes, that’s a classic!
My first Broadway show was “Where’s Charley?” with Ray Bolger.
WOW, I never even heard of that one. Ray Bolger….what year was this?
The internet says it opened on Oct 11,1948 and closed Sept 9,1950. I was probably about 8 years old. I do remember the song “Once in Love with Amy”.
Since I was born in 1948, and didn’t know about Broadway in 1950 when I was 2, this was well before my time.
I’m with you on this one, Louis.