Prada's personal style: A primer
I so enjoyed the post by "Caryl" of Second Lives Club that I'm linking to it: "Miuccia Prada and Her 7 Elements of Style".
Prada's discreet yet wholly individual looks offer an antidote to the strenuously-supported effects that so many designers, makeup artists, etc. shove at mature women.
Can't resist adding an 8th Element: Oh yes, Prada wears pearls, as shown here, with her husband, Patrizio Bertelli:
Can't resist adding an 8th Element: Oh yes, Prada wears pearls, as shown here, with her husband, Patrizio Bertelli:
She will wear those same stunning earrings casually, too...
and choose a bracelet with a large focal pearl:
Though I would not attempt all of her sartorial effects, Prada embodies an intelligence and sensibility that, at 63 (my age, too) inspires. Now, if only she made her designs in a size 14.
Though I would not attempt all of her sartorial effects, Prada embodies an intelligence and sensibility that, at 63 (my age, too) inspires. Now, if only she made her designs in a size 14.
Thank you, Caryl, for your keenly-observed post.
Comments
I agree with the objection to the term. Whenever we watch a movie and i comment on how good looking everyone is, Mr FS says: That's because they're actors. We can't all be in the 1%--or even the 50%!
should we not all embrace these elements?
kathy peck: That's it exactly, and it is not related to wealth. (This is a woman who hired a school-uniform maker to create her gray cotton wedding dress and coat.)
http://www.luckymag.com/blogs/luckyrightnow/2011/10/prada-jewelry-its-coming-next-month
I would not wear them well!
C.
sisty: Yes, womanly, the perfect word.
Louise: That will be a wonderful trip!
who came to our site as well. I will never use a French
phrase again. I even looked up the meanings of
haute couture and au couture and, well, I couldn't resist jolie laide. By the way, Umberto Eco who knows a thing
or two about beauty and ugliness (see his books on
those subjects) wrote the copy for the exhibit's catalog.
It's a good thing I am going to Toronto tomorrow
and not Montreal, given my language difficulties.
Again . . .merci!
Also the german Designer Wolfgang Joop always honored those women and included single "fashion elements" in his collections (even in his Wunderkind brand).
You still find womenly women like this in Italy, although more in the Southern Part (Naples) and of course the elderly ones.
I love this style.
Am I the only one who finds, that la Prada looks like a sister of Materfamilias( esp. on the first picture). Maybe the same zodiac? MP is a taurus.
Having met materfamilias in person, I don't see a resemblance, other than that of keen intellect and vitality.