Milan Fashion Week SS12: Prada, Dolce & Gabbana
Who: Prada
What it made us think of: 1950s cars on 1960s shapes with a Project Runway materials budget.
What we liked: full skirts, a total lack of minis, lace, lemon, red, pleats, car references, jewel embellishments, sunglasses, swimsuits, the freak-mazing shoes
What we didn't: blousey bandeaus (any bandeaus), baby blue, prints that looked like a child's bedsheets, forceful imagery that felt like gimmicky kitsch, the fact that I blog with two Detroiters who may shun me for calling all this vintage car stuff "gimmicky kitsch"![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2oOZT_5yn2oeBdixq4swDWc9C-tJzPtRA1CU8QUPxF3WeKeeT2VFa9Yfsa3cwJAihaZhxG39Vt7LW23nrR83wGwCcjhyphenhyphenndaUbcZR2o2wBrUGEpXqhIRtS_H8Ef66AN5vgbIjKrka-_I/s400/prada+milan+2012+spring+summer+runway+show.jpeg)
Who: Dolce & Gabbana
What it made us think of: Attending a summer afternoon yacht party on the Mediterranean in 1955. When the host dies in a freak birthday cake accident, the guests throw a lingerie themed funeral.
What we liked: oversized botanical prints, vegetables, retro silhouettes, straw bags, lace, heavy embellishment
What we didn't: Stop trying to make diaper shorts happen! Food is fun as a print but feels kitschy as jewelry.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZcXmEVcV3ggWu3O6RJ-fD11WRBTluQRWtvbOeFDClmN0TETcZE6xZeUzgDPYgTt1Du6tUgl0kIjyFF758i40gj5M728OnryxOZL1hIxjDDbL7ktX2D160q_DpUoWDSIgb1Dh31a8DRc/s400/dolce+gabbana+sexy+italian+style+spring+summer+2012.jpg)
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What it made us think of: 1950s cars on 1960s shapes with a Project Runway materials budget.
What we liked: full skirts, a total lack of minis, lace, lemon, red, pleats, car references, jewel embellishments, sunglasses, swimsuits, the freak-mazing shoes
What we didn't: blousey bandeaus (any bandeaus), baby blue, prints that looked like a child's bedsheets, forceful imagery that felt like gimmicky kitsch, the fact that I blog with two Detroiters who may shun me for calling all this vintage car stuff "gimmicky kitsch"
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2oOZT_5yn2oeBdixq4swDWc9C-tJzPtRA1CU8QUPxF3WeKeeT2VFa9Yfsa3cwJAihaZhxG39Vt7LW23nrR83wGwCcjhyphenhyphenndaUbcZR2o2wBrUGEpXqhIRtS_H8Ef66AN5vgbIjKrka-_I/s400/prada+milan+2012+spring+summer+runway+show.jpeg)
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What it made us think of: Attending a summer afternoon yacht party on the Mediterranean in 1955. When the host dies in a freak birthday cake accident, the guests throw a lingerie themed funeral.
What we liked: oversized botanical prints, vegetables, retro silhouettes, straw bags, lace, heavy embellishment
What we didn't: Stop trying to make diaper shorts happen! Food is fun as a print but feels kitschy as jewelry.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZcXmEVcV3ggWu3O6RJ-fD11WRBTluQRWtvbOeFDClmN0TETcZE6xZeUzgDPYgTt1Du6tUgl0kIjyFF758i40gj5M728OnryxOZL1hIxjDDbL7ktX2D160q_DpUoWDSIgb1Dh31a8DRc/s400/dolce+gabbana+sexy+italian+style+spring+summer+2012.jpg)
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