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Chic & Anmut rulez da 50ies.
Preise gut, alles gut.
That was really a surprise. What a dress. I immediatly fell on love with it. I have to sew it. Cause the last left was too small. My boobs are too big - I'd always thought that this is impossible. Normally it's my hips. OK.
But the dress: a dream. Black with white little cutie-polka-dots. Totally feminin. It was € 99,- at - and now the surprise - C&A. Yes. Think about that.
Prada news: some are and some are not.
Bad news first: it looks like that the rumors about miuccia prada doing a collection in collaboration with H&M went down for nothing in the end. That sucks.
In an interview with the New York Magazine she answered the question:
What about all these rumors about your working with H&M?
They’ve asked me. I always said no, not because I don’t like the idea, I just don’t like the idea of doing bad copies of what I’m doing. And I don’t have the time, and maybe even the ability, to do a collection with them. If you want to do a collection that costs less, you have to do it with different materials and different ideas.
Why do other people do it?
I don’t know. Because of course they’re attracted by the fame you can get. Just because you want to do something new that people talk about. I don’t know how much real interest there is in doing fashion that is not expensive but is creative.
Well. That's a pitty, isn't it? But maybe there's also a good point in it. I think, we have to respect that she doesn't want to trade quality for affordability. But... you know.
The good news: From April 19 till May 31 there will an exhibition at her Soho-Store in NYC.
"Waist Down - Skirts by Miuccia Prada"
It's more an installation and it tries to draw on the thin line between fashion and art. Which is good. I like that. And I wish I could see it.
The installation was highly successful when it showed last year in Tokyo and Shanghai. It features more than 200 skirts by Miuccia Prada... animated. In the Tokyo exhibition, skirts twirled, glowed, cast funny shadows, spread open like giant jellyfish. The Soho show will be similar, with some new displays. (Source: fashionologie.com)
If you're interessted in further information you should read this article in WWD which is about her exhibition in Shanghai.
In an interview with the New York Magazine she answered the question:
What about all these rumors about your working with H&M?
They’ve asked me. I always said no, not because I don’t like the idea, I just don’t like the idea of doing bad copies of what I’m doing. And I don’t have the time, and maybe even the ability, to do a collection with them. If you want to do a collection that costs less, you have to do it with different materials and different ideas.
Why do other people do it?
I don’t know. Because of course they’re attracted by the fame you can get. Just because you want to do something new that people talk about. I don’t know how much real interest there is in doing fashion that is not expensive but is creative.
Well. That's a pitty, isn't it? But maybe there's also a good point in it. I think, we have to respect that she doesn't want to trade quality for affordability. But... you know.
The good news: From April 19 till May 31 there will an exhibition at her Soho-Store in NYC.
"Waist Down - Skirts by Miuccia Prada"
It's more an installation and it tries to draw on the thin line between fashion and art. Which is good. I like that. And I wish I could see it.
The installation was highly successful when it showed last year in Tokyo and Shanghai. It features more than 200 skirts by Miuccia Prada... animated. In the Tokyo exhibition, skirts twirled, glowed, cast funny shadows, spread open like giant jellyfish. The Soho show will be similar, with some new displays. (Source: fashionologie.com)
If you're interessted in further information you should read this article in WWD which is about her exhibition in Shanghai.
Now listen: It's Viktor & Rolf, not Miuccia
Coolchic Blog wrote:Forget all rumours about Prada... Yesterday's press release from H&M announced that Viktor and Rolf are the next designers in line of the third exclusive designer range for H&M. Considering the duo?s specific love for couture, this collaboration is by far the most exciting one H&M are about to embark. Previously we've seen the opening of Stella McCartney and Karl Lagerfeld sell out in less than minutes. H&M, available in High Streets in Europe, North America and soon the Middle East, are delighted about the announcement. ?We really admire Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren and are fascinated by their unique way of working with design, combining their artistic talent with great craftsmanship," says H&M's head of design, Margareta van den Bosch. "We look forward to offering our customers a collection by these extraordinary designers."
Yahoo News wrote:
[...] Viktor & Rolf will design a collection of women's and men's wear for the autumn 2006 season to be produced and distributed by H&M.
Famed for their high-concept fashion shows and eccentric take on classical tailoring, Viktor & Rolf will give a further twist to H&M?s partnerships with leading fashion
[...] "If haute couture is the most sublime form of fashion, then H&M is fashion at its most democratic. Our roots are based in couture. It's the heart and soul of our work. But we also love to play with opposites: transformation is a key element of our signature style. For us, fashion is an antidote to reality. It's a great opportunity to communicate our vision with such a large audience of H&M devotees," Horsting and Snoeren said in a statement.
[...] "We really admire both Viktor and Rolf and are fascinated by their unique way of working with design, combining their artistic talent with great craftsmanship. We look forward to offering our customers a collection by these extraordinary designers," says H&M's head of design Margareta van den Bosch.
H&M has more than 50,000 employees and around 1,200 stores in 22 countries, i.e. in fashion terms, it's a behemoth.