'...his barely hominoid milk fed gymp.'

Well it's that time of year again! That happy happy ho hum time of year that signals the return of the swallows, to library roofs across the states of Ohio. What fun we will have running through the bulrushes on our adventures, closely followed by Julien, Christopher and the twins, Munkle and Magnet. Yes I have been watching Black Books, the best of cynical humour, again. But who cares, it is Fashion Week in many parts of our glorious floating orb. Go fourth, and enjoy the spectacle through your own miniature imported telescope.


Collection Reviews will begin as of ...immediately...


SO... Prada

 

After the past seasons monochrome I guess this collection was the natural follow up. But to me it just felt wrong and unfortunately a huge let down comparing to Prada's last couple of collections. I mean what are these my friends?

They are monkeys, that is what they are. Holding baroque bananas. I don't know about you but this just reminds me of those hawaiian shirts american tourists wear and Indiana Jones. That might have been the point, to be cool and ironic. But I don't think it worked out that well. The colours felt too harsh and most of the clothes were quite boxy and shapeless. Usually I don't have a problem with shapelessness but some looks just swamped the models frames and looked completely wrong against their super slender limbs. 

I've just been talking about the clothes and so far this 'review' and so far it hasn't been a very positive one. But if you look at the whole atmosphere (I swear I don't use that word to be pretentious in real life) of the collection, it was quite cool. It feels mysterious and kind of cinematic, like an Indiana Jones spectacular featuring Josephine Baker in their new movie The Curse of the Golden Monkey, and his Sidekick Baroque Banana. Following Indi and Taffy (Josephine Baker) on their adventures through the Woods of Wrath, Hells Kitchen and across the Border of Mexico. With surprise appearances from Ishmael, the ninja assassin and physic. Who foresees the explosions triggered by the notes of the Mexican Hat Dance (pic 2) which will catapult them into a negative gravity universe. Oh how we will laugh as their small intestines shrink in their new found atmosphere. Who knows what other disasters will befall our heroic dwarfs on their mission to recover the Golden Monkey for Old Man Dwarficus. But you can be sure that it will not end prettily when Baroque Banana is on their trail.