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more about #metropolitanopera SibaniThemis: To me this is just more body-snarking. I am skinny. I was born that way. I don't have many curves so am I not a "real woman". People have always felt ... more » thewitchandthemoll: God forbid the Prada brand is seen on nonmodels! In fact, let's jettison the singers too. They can all scowl at each other while the score is played a... more » LooseBaggyMonster: I seem to recall that Prada herself cannot sew--her design process is purely conceptual, so this is not just her balking at a technical challenge; it ... more » IamnotStarJones: It's good to be the queen, shitting on people who don't fit into a carefully constructed vision of the world. Now remember in the award season ahead... more » amplepie: I have always had a crush on Prada and Miuccia's intellectual chic leanings, as mentioned below. I also think the woman has a mean eye for accessorie... more » Dagneymedea: Lawyer Jezzies? Do these actors have a legitimate case to argue in court? FIRED for not being a size 0? more » LikeChai: But models are AWESOME at moving in the background. Nothing awkward about them at all. more » thewitchandthemoll: Boo hiss. I'm quite possibly ten times the costume designer Miz Prada is: I may not have graduated yet but when they said you create the costume FOR t... more » theovercoat: How can it be surprising that Miuccia would do this? While she is not as notorious as Karl Lagerfeld, she is the designer who started the whole model-... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: 'Surely she ought to recognize that the most important part of a stage production isn't how it looks, but how all the elements come together to make t... more » baboonbutt: This production deserves to fail. I hope operagoers stay away in droves. It's OPERA for pete's sake not the effing runway in Milan. The directors nee... more » curiousgeorgiana: Is nothing sacred?? Sorry, Grandma, I had to borrow it. more » BestEuphemismEver: Is anyone else bothered by this headline? I hate, with a white hot passion, the 'real women have curves' saying. Can we please bin it? more » ambiguousasian: it shouldn't be surprising that miuccia pulled this; she's actually the one responsible for setting the runway standard of the baby blond, eastern-eur... more » schlegs84: I kinda want to cry for these actors. With all the rejection, it's so wonderful to be cast (even in a non-speaking/singing role) and then to be fired... more » envirodesigner: *sigh* If you can't dress non-models you suck as a designer. more » Athenia: After seeing designers on Project Runway utterly fail to dress not-size-0 women, I'm so not surprised. I AM surprised that the MET fired these actres... more » EarlyGrey: I'm not saying I agree with Miuccia, but I don't think the issue is not being able to design for non-model bodies. It's an issue of not wanting her de... more » robina: Has Miuccia Prada ever done costume design before? It seems like there's a fundamental disconnect in the way she's viewing her job. This is not for an... more » nerdycellist: So all the extras look like models, but the roles with singing or dancing parts will be full of regular bodies. If I were the director I'd throw a shi... more » -
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"Real" Women Have Curves; Miuccia Prada Wants Models
Ardent feminist ex-communist designer Miuccia Prada is handling the costumes for the Met's upcoming production of Verdi's opera Attila. But according to an anonymous source on set, Prada has balked at dressing anyone who couldn't fit into a sample size.
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