Post #109: Fashion on Film - A Therapy

The Devil may wear Prada, but Ben Kingsley wants to wear it too. Prada's latest fashion film, "A Therapy," which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21st, is simply impeccable. Directed by Roman Polanksi (of the Pianist) and starring Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham Carter, the film is a quiet tour-de-force that centers around a purple Prada coat. Were it not for their ad campaign or the single shot of a Prada label in Bonham Carter's shoe, you might not know what the video was for. Polanski calls it an "anti-ad," but I call it a gateway to more intellectual and substantive fashion films. The room for analysis is endless; the mise-en-scene, the dialogue, the concept, and the characters all lend themselves to thought-provocation. No wonder Prada is one of the most influential design houses of today. After all, "Prada suits everyone."

Post #43: Fashion on Film - Prada Spring/Summer 2011

Arizona Muse appears once again! This time wearing Prada's Spring/Summer 2011 collection (photographed by Steven Meisel) along with Mairacarla Boscono, Kinga Razjak, Zuzanna Bijoch, and Tati Cotliar. A sense of the playful (and perhaps the world of Willy Wonka) created through the use of brightly-colored stripes and large white sunglasses perfectly blends with the video's use of "Ratatat" by Mirando.