Today’s first post is directly connected with yesterday’s and moves from my previous I.P.F.O. (Identified Pilfered Fashion Object) posts.
I do have a folder of images I collected to use in my Montreal Expo 67 post that also includes a few photographs of Grace Kelly visiting the event with Prince Rainier and their children Caroline and Albert.
Most of the pictures show a happy family visiting the pavilions, riding on the mini-rail and generally enjoying themselves.
In all the images the Princess wears a dark dress with appliquéd white and pink flowers and a modern hat characterised by architecturally minimalist lines.
The dress was exhibited also at the Grimaldi Forum (check it out here next to the "Mondrian" dress and the Fiat 600) and reminded me a lot of the flower print used for the trench coats, dresses, skirts and shorts featured in Prada's Spring/Summer 2010 collection.
Yes, you may argue the latter mainly features prints and not appliquéd flowers, but there seems to be a few similarities between Kelly's dress and Prada's designs.
The flower shapes are very similar, while the Princess's dress featured white and pink flowers and Prada’s print occasionally includes a splash of yellow. It's also interesting to note that while Prada went for printed flowers in this collection, Miuccia opted for appliquéd flowers in Miu Miu's Autumn/Winter 2010-11 collection, that is also charcaterised by 60s lines.
Talking about Miu Miu, well, do you happen to have in mind its S/S 2010 collection that includes garments and accessories with prints of nude figures, cats, dogs and swallows?
Well, there is a pink dress with a white cat print that really reminds me of Grace Kelly's pink dress in Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief (see clip at the end of the post).
The dress featured in the film was created by costume designer Edith Head and, while it doesn't feature cats or nude figures like Miu Miu's, the shape of its abstract print looks very similar to the silhouette of the naked figures in Miu Miu's summery designs.
Another I.P.F.O. case has been successfully solved: the quest for further rip offs - oh pardon, I mean fashion designs "inspired by iconic actresses and fashion houses" - continues...
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