Prada’s got Seoul: Miuccia’s greatest designs are now the subject of an intriguing exhibition

May 19, 2009

Prada’s got Seoul: Miuccia’s greatest designs are now the subject of an intriguing exhibition

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In one corner of the exhibition, Waist Down: Skirts by Miuccia Prada – shown in Rem Koolhaas’s radical new “Transformer” building in Seoul – there is a row of skirts swinging from side to side as if dancing. Across the cocoon-like space, others are variously whirling, fluttering or billowing like Marilyn Monroe’s famous white dress. Of course they are moving mechanically, but the illusion that they have a life of their own seems appropriate for designs with such a strong identity. Since Miuccia Prada became the creative director of Prada, the skirt has been the canvas for some of her most imaginative designs and this exhibition shows a diverse collection from 1988 to the current season. It’s also fitting that an exhibition which celebrates movement, change and experimentation should be shown in a structure which can be reconfigured into a new shape. Unveiled last month, the space-age, tetrahedron-shaped Transformer, made from an elastic membrane stretched over a steel frame and situated near the traditional Gyeonghui Palace in Seoul, will change shape to host film and art exhibitions after Waist Down.