It's always interesting to hear different perspectives on the new season's fashions because what one person loves another can hate. Cathy Horyn is one of the New York Times' top fashion journalists and I always like to read her runway reviews because she
tells it like it is. In her article
"Yelling 'Fire' on a Crowded Runway", Horyn says that designers should be more
daring on the runway to really "wow" the crowd and use their influence in a more
powerful way...I agree with her 100%. People should always be excited about fashion. Having a runway show has evolved so much over the years, and more designers should follow
Ms. Prada's lead by building expectations into each show. Her collection this season was a little crazy with car details and influences, but like Cathy Horyn said in her article there is reason and "psychology" behind
Ms. Prada's designs - which makes the fashion show seem more like a story being told then just models walking a runway.
I love how she describes the garments as having a "lush late 1950's innocence that verged to a slutty small-townness." It's not
proper industry terms, but you get exactly what she's trying to say and how
Ms. Prada doesn't try to "purify the sweetness out of feminist disgust or commercial needs." All of the pieces in their Spring 2012 collection are so different than what Prada usually does, but they answer the question Cathy Horyn proposed in the beginning of the article which was
"What makes something MODERN?"
Horyn also comments on some other Spring 2011 collections from Milan fashion week including Gucci, Fendi, Etro, and MaxMara. A big trend she mentions for the upcoming season is the flapper look and emphasis on femininity. I definetely recommend reading her whole article and any other of her articles, especially about the Spring 2011 collections - she always finds a way to put the designer's visions into perfectly, beautifully, and sometimes sarcastic worded desctiptions that always make me smile :)
