So, like, Miu Miu, right? We all know Miu Miu. Prada’s younger, cooler, slightly more unhinged sister. Where Prada’s all about that polished, powerful woman vibe, Miu Miu’s like, “Nah, lemme throw on some slightly-too-small socks with my heels and call it a day.” Which, honestly, I kinda dig.
The thing I’m getting from this collection of internet snippets is that Miu Miu, particularly in its early days, was *all* about the offbeat. The “grunge,” as one of these blurbs calls it. And I think that’s where the “mirror image” kinda comes in. Not literally, like, a shoe that’s actually a mirror (though, tbh, that would be kinda cool!), but more like a reflection of a different aesthetic. A rejection of the super-perfect, super-polished.
We’ve got mentions of Miu Miu shoes on FARFETCH (express shipping, score!), some random Pinterest pin about designer dresses (??), and then…Yupoo sellers hawking “Top No1 best Quality” Miu Miu knockoffs alongside Martin Margiela. Which, yikes. That’s a whole other can of worms. Makes ya wonder about the authenticity, doesn’t it? But hey, maybe you’re into the look, not the label, no judgement here!
And then, sunglasses! Mirror/gradient Miu Miu Runway Sunglasses to be exact. Which… okay, the lenses are pink, apparently (according to the last snippet, which is helpfully in Portuguese for some reason). So, maybe the “mirror” aspect is less about the shape of the shoe and more about the reflective surfaces, the unexpected textures, the way they *play* with light?
See, I think Miu Miu’s appeal is that it doesn’t try to be anything it’s not. It embraces the slightly awkward, the slightly wrong. And in a world of perfectly filtered Instagram feeds, that’s kinda refreshing, ya know? Even if it means ending up with a pair of slightly wonky, possibly knockoff, definitely-gonna-make-a-statement mirror-ish Miu Miu shoes. I’m still on the lookout for the perfect pair, maybe one day they’ll be mine!