Prada’s Fall Campaign

Yesterday, I somehow clicked on the link to shop at Prada, and had the shock of my life! I know that the designer stuff is always expensive, but those prices are staggering! The watches he represents seem like a bargain in comparison, since you can imagine that a watch can last pretty much forever. But a shirt? Or a pair of pants? I wasn’t able to find the clothes that Benedict is modelling in the ads (maybe they’re not for sale yet), but there are similar styles. The prices are conveniently in Canadian dollars (ha!), and they in the thousands of dollars. The least expensive clothes were a three-pack of t-shirts for over a thousand dollars. Who buys a $3000 shirt or a $4000 sweater?? I found what looks like a shorter version of the suede coat he’s wearing in the last photo, and it’s $6800.

I think they have the eyeline wrong in those shots with the flowers. BC isn’t looking at the flower, he’s looking off the side a bit, so it seems weird and disconnected.

Also, lol, all I can think of is that original Star Trek episode where they’re on some planet and the flowers rise up and shoot a bunch of sparkles in their faces and then they’re brainwashed into acting all mellow and groovy until Kirk saves the day.

On the Prada website, I found the bag he’s shown holding in that billboard ad. It’s a “brushed leather tote with water bottle”, for $4,400 (Canadian). They have it under the category of “Gifts - New Essentials”. Ha!