THURSDAY 4:22 PM SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 MILAN
This morning, hottest ticket in town was Prada SS25, held in a sparsely-decorated warehouse where the clothes, as is often the case, spoke for themselves. This season, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simmons homed in on Mrs. Prada’s tendency towards “ugly chic”: tights as pants, insectile sunglasses, and more vibrant color than even Anna Wintour might be comfortable with, not to mention a “cyclops hat” that our editor-in-chief Mel Ottenberg adored. After the show, he rounded up a group of fashion experts to debrief, but it seemed that some people were missing in action. Did Dara and Hunter Schafer get stuck in an alternate universe? Maybe. Are they wearing Prada? Definitely.
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MEL OTTENBERG: If you were to wear Prada—well, you are wearing Prada—was there one thing from the show that you would want?
CHARLIE PORTER: Okay, if I was wearing Prada, the one thing that I would want… we call them cagoules, but I don’t know what it’s called here. An anorak?
OTTENBERG: An anorak, a zip-up. What color was it?
PORTER: It was orange.
OTTENBERG: And if there’s one thing you could have, what would it be?
ANON: One of the alien hats, like the big circles.
OTTENBERG: Yes, that was an amazing outfit. That was giving Prada 2007 with the fringe and shit. That was really cool. I really liked that outfit.
ANON: I think she had on the flame shoes too.
OTTENBERG: Wow, Charlie. You really got good pictures. You really nailed it. I also really like this outfit, one of the last ones that was covered in diamonds and mirrors and shit too.
ANON: That was insane. That one had a really good hat.
OTTENBERG: Yeah, it had a really good hat. It was a cyclops hat. The show reminded me of Smylonylon, a deadstock 70 store on Lafayette Street that I bought all my clothes at. Prada was up on Smylonylon.
ANON: We don’t even have Hunter here. Where is Hunter Schafer?
OTTENBERG: I think we need Hunter Schafer.
ANON: Where is Hunter Schafer? We need her.
OTTENBERG: Is ScarJo even here?
PORTER: Where’s Dara?
OTTENBERG: Where’s Dara? I don’t know.
ANON: Where’s Miranda July?
OTTENBERG: Miranda July is not at that table.
GIRL: I just want to say I love the “Diet Pepsi” video so much. It’s like, the most amazing thing ever.
OTTENBERG: Thank you. Fuck yeah.
GIRL: I was reminded of that because the hair is kind of the same.
ANON: Yeah, it was.
