text de Mihaela Simina

Mai putin matematic spus, Miuccia Prada a (re)creat, impreuna cu designer-ul de costume Catherine Martin, 40 dintre rochiile purtate in filmul The Great Gatsby (ecranizare dupa romanul cu acelasi titlu al lui F. Scott Fitzgerald), regizat de Baz Luhrmann; rochiile sunt,mai exact, adaptari ale unor creatii anterioare semnate Prada si Miu Miu.

Premiera pentru public a filmului va avea loc pe 10 mai la New York.

Premiera de gala a avut deja loc, miercuri seara, la Lincoln Center şi, fireste, a adunat un numar mare de celebritati. Imagini de la eveniment, puteti vedea aici.

Carey Mulligan a purtat o rochie rosie fara bretele, semnata Lanvin, in timp ce Leonardo DiCaprio a ales un costum Prada. Sau, mai corect spus, i-a fost ales, dupa cum declara el insusi: “I’m not a big fashionista. Somebody just handed me this suit and I put it on.”

Revenind la colaborarea Prada-Martin, avem cateva schite foarte frumoase ale rochiilor:

Avem si o expozitie a creatiilor vestimentare ale celor doua doamne (apropo, in caz ca nu stiati, doamna Martin este sotia lui Baz Luhrmann), inaugurata marti la magazinul Prada din cartierul SoHo, New York. Imagini de la inaugurare, aici.

Si mai avem si povestea rochiilor, care este despre potriviri s!mpa si despre anii ’20 (“roaring twenties” sau “les années folles”), perioada in care se desfasoara actiunea in The Great Gatsby.

Catherine Martin a folosit la o proba costumatii Prada si Miu Miu din colectiile existente fara ca macar designer-ul sa stie. Acestea au surprins atat de bine atmosfera epocii, incat i-a propus Miucciei sa colaboreze la crearea unor modele special pentru film.

Intrebata daca s-a inspirat, in mod constient, din moda anilor ’20 in creatiile sale, Prada a raspuns: “The fact is, I had not. That’s what’s interesting. The point of view can transform things so much. Yes, probably a few [dresses] had that kind of edge, but almost none were meant to be the Twenties when I did them. I was really fascinated by that.”

In ceea ce priveste rochia de petrecere purtata de personajul Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan) in film si care a aparut deja in trailer-ul filmului si in afisele de promovare, Miuccia Prada zice: “It was meant to be about light. For the film, it became about money, because [Luhrmann] wanted to show her as the most beautiful and rich woman on earth.”

Catherine Martin adauga: “The reality is that from 1920, I could find a photo or a fashion illustration that would support almost any choice that we’ve made in the film. But we are not making a documentary. We are trying to express a story in a way in which Fitzgerald’s visceral modernity is able to transgress the plane of the screen.”

In Romania vom putea vedea The Great Gatsby (si, desigur, the great Prada-Martin work) incepand cu 17 mai 2013.

Baz Lurhmann si sotia sa, Chaterine Martin

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Mihaela Simina

masterand in Relatii Internationale, Facultatea de Istorie, Universitatea Bucuresti; jurnalist