Prada Post #2

Prada which shot to fame in the Eighties with the nylon bag, stormed into the sportswear arena and pulled rank. The concept range Prada Sport was launched and, unsurprisingly, the rules have all changed. Sport suits are reinvented in semi-transparent or silver nylon piuma (that's quilting to you or me) with details like drawstring bottoms, storm pockets and velcro. Shoes are toggled, not tasselled. Neoprene skirts are for walking. Bum bags are out, and arm bags are in.

It appears that much of the new sport-fashion hybrid is smartly tailored enough to have convincingly become a new kind of clothing for work. For a new generation of workers, it may well prove to be liberating in the way. This is not to say that a new wave of people strutting around in Prada power will radically change relations of power. For now that sports concept clothing has flooded the high street too, the fashion labels will continually be looking for ways of keeping ahead of the game. To pinch a phrase, no one wants to walk around with the same arm bag as the cleaner. Nonetheless, there is cause for celebration for, in their wake, traditional notions of suitable dress and the stereotypes that go with them will be redefined. Courtesy of thingsmagazine.net





The campaigns of Prada Sports. Courtesy of rocketrend.wordpress.com



Stockist Info:
Prada Sports Reporter Bag
Greyish blue canvas + Silk interior + Front pocket zipper + Zipper top for main compartment + adjustable carrying strap velcro
Price: Approximately 450SGD
Place of Purchase: Prada Pacific Plaza
Year of Purchase: 2001
Status: Gently used / Sold
Price Sold: 164 SGD