Fashion Roadkill

prada.bmpThe Spring/Summer '09 shows have just ended and the four most fashionable cities can lay their heels to rest. The moment that keeps popping into my mind? The Prada show. This shouldn't be unusual considering the amount of FW08 inspired lace all over the high street but it's not exactly the clothes that I think of; it's the shoes. Sky high sling-back platforms with little net socks and animalistic, tribal prints. But this isn't shoe lust, this is shoe fear! When I day dream of what I'll be (i.e. aspiring to be) wearing this Spring during a dull lecture, my mind goes straight to the poor models at Prada, wobbling and teetering down the runway. Poor Yulia Kharlaponova and Katie Fogarty dropped like flies, causing the elite front row watchers to offer out their arms for help up, while even catwalk pros like Jessica Stam dangerously tripped. In the final walk, one model wobbled out of the line and turned straight the other way to backstage.

In the excellent Style video, many editors ponder how the shoes crossed the line of wearability and Miuccia Prada herself has been quoted as saying the shoes were too high and will come down for sale on the the shop floor to a manageable height. If you find photo after photo of catwalk looks a bit daunting or boring to look through, a great tip is to watch the Style.com videos, as even minutes after the show, editors are breaking down themes and finding words to capture the collection. I particularly like the backstage bits of the hair and makeup processes!

If a fall makes you chuckle, you might like this infamous collection of models taking a trip down the runway, in more ways than one! To me, it is as painful to watch as I'm sure it is painful to fall infront of hundreds of onlookers, not to mention if walking in the first place is your career. An awkward, bow-legged walk is beautiful in an alien-like way- in the end flats just wouldn't cut it.

Images from Grazia