Girl, take the wheel…

“I wanted to take on the taboo of sweetness, which is one of the greatest qualities in women. But if you are not aggressive, too? How can that work, for a woman?” Miuccia Prada isn’t really happy—or fully herself as a designer—unless she’s exploring contradictions and burning through to new positions as a feminist. Her hot clash of intellectual impulses roared up the runway as a collection about cars and women, which, of course, is stereotypical, sexist shorthand for the way dumb men brag about the two things as if they’re trophies. A joke, of course, because when Miuccia is this revved up, it’s always about putting women in the driver’s seat. [Sarah Mower on Prada SS12]

[PRADA SS12 Dixie sunglasses  +  silk twilly  +  Maison Martin Margiela sweater  +  Charlotte Olympia x MAC vernis Good Old Days  +  Fendi BTW in turtledove  +  bag charm pom pom  +  Hussein Chalayan earthbound pumps]