The faux fur flew at Miu Miu (some real stuff, too). It was everywhere. Every inch of the entryway, the benches, pillars and the grand staircase in the Palais d’Iéna was covered in fake purple fur. The crux of the collection was daffy, wildly oversize furry coats and coat collars, punctuated by fur rain hats and bubble newsboy caps and flat fur boots in cartoon colors — demonstrative blue, purple, green and yellow. It gave you a warm, fuzzy feeling, and not just texturally. The lineup, with its emphasis on happy hues and exaggerated feminine silhouettes, many of them strung with rhinestones and crystals galore, tilted toward the Seventies. At least on the surface level, it read as great fashion in a very good mood.
After the show, Miuccia Prada tried to position her message a bit differently. “It’s about the madness of glamour in this time, in front of a very uncertain future,” she said, clearly referencing the pivotal political moment that’s upon us. She said something similarly heavy after last season’s show, a delightful beach romp full of adorable retro swimwear and fabulous fur robes. Both times, the attempts to frame the collection politically or intellectually didn’t change or subvert the fact that at face value her designs
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