Miuccia Prada’s spring 2011 ready-to-wear collection with its luminous and delicious colour and print combinations has me ever so much fascinated. Stripes combined in dizzying shade oxymorons. Or so it seems.
What was previously a no-go in chic and classic fashion is now très chic if one were to ask Mademoiselle Prada, even de rigueur. Clearly stripes are the fabric of choice as UK high street store OASIS shows with its supra-lookalike to Prada’s stripe concoction. But just because the priestess of fashion, not Anna this time, introduces bouncy stripes into the dress spectrum, does that necessarily mean we can and should wear them too?
My ultimate question surrounds the possibility of stripes to elevate us, particularly our bodies, into the ever-sought-after chic sphere we are so hungering to be in. When Shala Monrogue, Taylor Tomasi, Caroline Sieber, et al are accepting the stripe phenomenon to be worthy of their over-styled and luxurified closets, then it surely must be good enough for us too?
Judging on the specific design of this stripe dress introduced by Mrs Prada, it is interesting or rather painful to imagine how a “woman without fashion blood” aka the normal woman trying to juggle life would look in this manifestation of chic. As the shape accentuates the waist, hips and upper thighs it clearly is not best suited for the shapelier of females. The moment the skirt flounces outward and bounces upward it is too late to hide any sins as those would have been exposed already. This dress is a walking minefield for the average woman as it is so over-the-top in colour, print, style and design that it solely seems to function for the wealthy, skinny and beautiful.
Prada’s stripe skirt combination proves to be more successful for an everyday chic and classy option. I believe in embracing one’s curves and highlighting those rather than hiding them in sacks of cloth. So join me in my stripe fascination and start lining.
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