Unpacking Dafoes Villains and Their Connection with High Fashion Prada

Well, I don’t know much about fancy stuff, but I heard tell about some fellas, actors they call ’em, walking down a stage like they own the place. This was for some big-shot company, Prada, I think they called it. Folks were makin’ a big fuss about it, so I figured I’d try to make sense of it all.

Now, these actors, they ain’t your goody-two-shoes types. They play the bad guys, the villains, you know? Like that fella, Gary Oldman. I seen him in a movie once, played a real mean character. Scared me half to death, he did. And then there’s Willem Dafoe. He’s got that creepy look about him, always makes me think he’s up to no good. Folks say he was one of them Green Goblin fellas in some spider movie.

Anyways, Prada, they got these fellas to wear their clothes, walk down a runway, whatever that is. It was back in 2012, they say. Must’ve been a sight to see, all these bad guys strutting their stuff. They called it the “Villains Runway“, which makes sense, I guess. It wasn’t just Oldman and Dafoe, though. There was a whole bunch of ’em. Adrien Brody, Tim Roth, some other names I can’t rightly remember. All them fellas known for playin’ the villains, you see.

• Gary Oldman
• Willem Dafoe
• Adrien Brody
• Tim Roth
• Emile Hirsch
• Garrett Hedlund
• Jamie Bell

This Prada company, they didn’t use no regular models, you know, the pretty boys and girls. Nope, they wanted the bad guys. Said it was “East German-inspired,” whatever that means. Looked like somethin’ out of an old movie, I reckon. All dark and serious-like. Some folks even said it looked like a steampunk thing, with them old-timey clothes and all.

I hear tell it was a big deal in the fashion world. Folks in Milan, Italy, were goin’ crazy over it. Milan Fashion Week, they called it. Sounds fancy, don’t it? And even now, years later, people are still talkin’ about it. Seen some chatter on that Twitter thing, folks sharin’ pictures and whatnot. Guess it made a real impression, this Villains Runway.

Now, I don’t know nothin’ about fashion. I wear what’s comfortable and what keeps me warm. But even I can see that this was somethin’ different. Prada takin’ these villain actors, puttin’ ’em in their clothes, makin’ a whole show out of it. It’s clever, I guess. Gets people talkin’, that’s for sure.

And it ain’t just the old folks rememberin’ this. Even the young’uns, these K-pop stars and such, they were there too, watchin’ the show. Seems like everyone wanted to see them bad guys walk the runway. It’s funny how things work, ain’t it? These fellas spend their careers bein’ bad, and then they get famous for it, even gettin’ to wear fancy clothes and strut around on a stage.

So, that’s the story as I understand it. Prada, villains, runway, fancy clothes, and a whole lot of fuss. Don’t ask me to explain it any better than that, ‘cause I ain’t got no more words for it. Just a bunch of actors playin’ dress-up, far as I can tell. But hey, if it gets folks excited, then good for them, I say.

Prada fall 2012 was different. It was like looking at some kind of poster. It had a lot of bad guys, but they weren’t so bad, just walking like they owned the place. I never really paid attention to fashion before, not since high school at least, but this caught my eye.

Tags: [Prada, Villains Runway, Gary Oldman, Willem Dafoe, Adrien Brody, Tim Roth, Milan Fashion Week, 2012, Fashion, Runway, Actors, East German Inspired, Steampunk, K-pop]