Prada’s minimal baroque raised a lot of
applause and criticism this season. Were the bananas and the monkeys to
represent intellectuals or were ironic? Do Carmen and Josephine speak
minimalism in terms or quantity or style?
Other than Prada, the rest seemed to stick
to either one of the words for the spring 2011 shows, minimal OR baroque in the
sense of excess. As one might have
noticed, baroque has just too many connotations and Miuccia stuck to the many
of them from excessiveness to the sculptures.
From
the church of Quirinale to the Trevi Fountains the style is in-bred in Rome in
its cultural history. Also there are other important references to the baroque
style such as the Portuguese painter Josefa de Óbidos’s paintings and the
Augustusburg palace near Cologne which seem to widen the ancient phenomenon to
a European scope of view. Speaking of
Minimalism one not just remembers the black square of Malevich but also
Composition No. 10 of Piet Mondrian (inferenceà
Stripes). And there comes the minimal
reference and not the process.
And
so there was the collection, a revolution of the baroque with a tribute to
Miranda and Baker in the Prada girl of the season, fun in culture. London’s
Christmas windows of Prada seemingly Baroque framed themselves. Prada played
with the Baroque angel sculptures using monkeys from the ’Barrel of Monkeys’
game. Prada’s change from minimalism to minimal baroque has elevated the
brand’s status to new heights.
The
baroque excessiveness in its modernity fused with the Samba and Charleston were
in the tango music and the pops of colors. The 20s sensuality blended in with
the slick hair. The idea was juggled in Prada’s mind and thereby manifested in
the collection.
Like it or not, the show remains a huge
incomparable topic for many. And Prada’s elevation has been beyond successful.
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