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UPDATE, Prada Refutes Story: Miuccia Prada Slams Her Upcoming Met Exhibit

If you thought the Met Institute’s upcoming exhibit honoring both Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada seemed like a random pairing, well, that’s because it kind of is. And according to WWD, Miuccia Prada is not happy about it.

“It’s too formal. They are focused on similarities, comparing feather with feather, ethnic with ethnic, but they are not taking into consideration that we are talking about two different eras, and that [Schiaparelli and I] are total opposite.” she told WWD, of the exhibit. “I told them, but they don’t care.”

Prada has a point:

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Events

10 Fashion Exhibitions You Won’t Want to Miss in 2012

Given the record-breaking success of this year’s Alexander McQueen retrospective at the Met, museums would be smart to put more fashion in their halls. And if today’s piece in WWD on museums “getting fashionable” is any indication, they are. Harold Koda, curator in charge of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, told the trade, “Clearly the critical as well as popular success of the McQueen show suggests that fashion design has a more secure place in the precincts of an art museum.”

While any museum would be hard-pressed to recreate the magic that was “Savage Beauty,” more fashion exhibits are popping up all over the world and several big ones are already on track to debut next year.

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Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli Will Have a ‘Conversation’ at the Met’s Next Costume Institute Exhibit

More details have emerged about the Met’s next Costume Institute exhibit “Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion.” According to WWD, the exhibit will be presented as an “anachronistic conversation” between Prada and Schiaparelli, which is a concept that was inspired by the “Impossible Interviews” in Vanity Fair from the 1930s.

So why Schiaparelli? The Costume Institute received some Schiaparelli pieces after it acquired the Brooklyn Museum’s extensive Costume Collection in 2009, so that was the starting point. From then, it seemed to organizers that Miuccia would be a logical counterpoint–both strong women designers, both Italian, both with unique points of view, both with art world connections.

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Reviews

Miu Miu Spring 2012: Twisted Fairy Tales

PARIS–We always look forward to Miu Miu as our final show of Paris Fashion Week. The front row is reliably stacked with their darling devotees–campaign girl Hailee Steinfeld was there looking lovelier than ever in a Miu Miu party frock with a giant pink bow on the back; so was actress Juno Temple, and too many It-girls to count (Alexa Chung, Elettra Wiedemann, Poppy Delevigne, Caroline Sieber, and the Courtin Clarins girls to name just a few).

Come spring, those It-girls will be clamoring for pointy toed mules that looked part Wicked Witch of the East (after Dorothy’s house has landed on her) and part Louis XIV. The knee-high boot version with cowgirl-esque leather floral appliques up the side will be in-demand too, no doubt. As will their matching lady-like purses. The more daring trendsetters (and street style stars) will go for the little garden pail bags in bright satins.

While the accessories were cheery, the show opened on a rather moody note.

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Reviews

Prada Spring 2012: Go Greased Lightning (Watch the Full Show!)

By ALICE PFEIFFER Friday, Sep 23, 2011 / 9:43 AM

MILAN–Prada’s show yesterday managed to be both cheeky and classic, retro and subversive. Last spring it was bananas, this spring it’s cars.

The venue was decorated with giant toy cars lining the runway–doubly referencing kindergarten years and the Italian man’s stereotypical love for cars. 1950s silhouettes came marching down in the way of high-waisted pleated skirts, mid-calf woolen coats in gray with red seams, and plenty of embroidered flower patterns.

Well-behaved? At first sight only.
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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Dree Hemingway Gets into Porn (Sort Of), Roberto Cavalli to do Homeware, and Gisele Gets Out of Speeding Ticket With Kisses

Dree Hemingway to do porn. Okay, not really, but the model will be playing a porn star in Sean Baker’s upcoming film Starlet. We’re sure great-grandfather Ernest would be proud. {Style.com}

Roberto Cavalli will start making house calls. The Italian brand is launching a home collection, which will include furniture, wallpaper, tiles, textiles and bed, table and bath linens. {WWD subscription required}

That’s not model behavior! Gisele Bundchen got pulled over this weekend in Cape Cod for going 15mph over the speed limit with her son and stepson in the back. But while she may not be a great driver, Bundchen certainly knows where her strengths lie: the son of the cop who pulled her over tweeted, “He let her go, but in return she signed her autograph on the citation with kisses.” {Boston Herald}

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Up Next at the Met’s Costume Institute? Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli

Alexander McQueen’s record-breaking Savage Beauty exhibit is going to be a hard act to follow at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute. However, we don’t think these two iconic designers will disappoint. WWD has just revealed that the next Costume Institute exhibit will focus on Miuccia Prada and the late Elsa Schiaparelli.

The accomplished female designers are both trailblazers and art lovers with bodies of work that are far from boring. Their originality made them two of the most influential designers in women’s fashion and we can’t wait to see what the Costume Institute’s Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton have planned for them.

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News

Watch: Anna Wintour Doesn’t Think She’s Intimidating

By Mickie Meinhardt Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 / 1:15 PM

Forbes just released their list of the World’s Most Powerful Women and, as expected, Anna Wintour made the cut. What is surprising: she’s only #69. Though it’s expected that politicians would top an editor (Angela Merkel was #1 and Hillary Clinton is #2), we were a little shocked that Lady Gaga came it at #11 (the highest non-politician or businesswoman on the list) and Beyoncé was #18.

But back to Anna.
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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Possible Photoshop Restrictions, Karlie Kloss’s Next Top Model and Giorgio Armani Hates On Prada

American Medical Association Finally Addresses Photoshop: The AMA wants to work out restrictions in the advertising industry to “discourage the altering of photographs in a manner that could promote unrealistic expectations of appropriate body image.” It’s a start–could we hope for magazine editorials and covers next? {Jezebel}

Karlie Kloss’ Model Competition: The model is teaming up with Mother Model Management, who discovered the 18-year-old in Wisconsin in 2005, to hold a nationwide search for the “next top model” that will end in a charity fashion show and event, hosted by Kloss. {Telegraph}

Giorgio Armani Is Not A Fan of Prada: In another case of designer-on-designer hate, Armani bashed Miuccia Prada on her Hong Kong stock debut, saying it was just a way to cover debts. He also said both she and fellow Italians Dolce and Gabbana often turns out “ugly” clothes. {WWD}

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The Business

Prada IPO: What Does it Mean, Why Did It Happen and How Can You Get in on the Action?

So, you’ve probably heard that Prada, the Italian luxury goods company owned and operated by designer Miuccia Prada and her husband, CEO Patrizio Bertelli, finally went public last week and will officially begin trading shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this Friday, June 24.

This is a huge deal, not only because there are very few public luxury goods companies (LVMH, PPR, Richemont, Burberry, and Hermes are the big ones), but because Prada chose the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to stage its IPO. We talked to some of our favorite fashion-meets-finance professionals about the significance of this event.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: DvF Smells Like Seduction, Fendi’s Fur-Free Floating Island and Miuccia’s Millions

DvF’s Magical Tool of Seduction: Yeah, that’s how her new fragrance, Diane, is described. Apparently, seduction includes frangipani and violet leaves. {WWD, subscription required}

Fendi’s Fur-Free Floating Island Fashion Show: Karl and crew showed the label’s fall collection on a manmade island in Seoul. However, all fur pieces were removed from the show so as not to offend South Korean protestors. {Reuters}

Technicolor Punk: A credit card-bruising roundup of this season’s top day glo punk pieces. Argh, we want that Tom Binns necklace. {Stylelist}

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Reviews

Miu Miu Fall 2011: In a League of Her Own

PARIS–If Miuccia Prada had outfitted Madonna for her role as Mae Mordabito in A League of Their Own, it would look exactly like Miu Miu fall 2011, presented today at the Palais d’léna. Right down to the slightly-turned-to-the-side baseball caps, sporty wide set pointy collars over wool knits, and printed ’40s day dresses. (It was a formative movie for me, ok?)

Models hair was swept up at the sides in tortoise shell combs to match the ’40s style dresses in floral or bird prints set against tans and muted corals. When Prada’s baseball girl goes out swing dancing the ’40s silhouettes stay the same, only the backs of dresses are open, the shoulders and waists are wrapped with mink, and prints are painted on in glitter and sequins. The League of Their Own analogy holds only from the ankles up. Because while Mae wore saddle shoes out dancing and rabble-rousing, the Miu Miu girl for fall wears glittering platform heels that everyone is gonna want.

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