Mannequin Runway: Prada Resort 2008 Skirt

I have just recently stumbled across this fabulously authentic pleated skirt from Prada during one of my trips at a thrift store. I was so ecstatic about it that I kept smiling for days! I immediately checked out Prada's Runway Collections with my fingers crossed! Who wouldn't? It was in a perfectly excellent condition with just the slightest gray stain on the waist area. Plus, I couldn't help but notice the textile quality and the perfect sewing techniques employed, it's definitely not some cheap/Class A imitation at all.

So there I was browsing through hundreds of collection and then I found it! Right there, I saw this Model Siri Tollerod wearing the exact same prints/pattern that I had. Her skirt was slightly different w/ only two front pleats but who's counting? I'm perfectly happy with simply knowing which runway did that pattern graced. Then, before anything else,  I should show you the skirt first though:

Isn't this just lovely?






























































It would be so great if I could find someone to adopt this for only $100USD (not including the shipping). I find it really hard to sell this in my location because it is a runway collection. Plus, it will be severely underpriced, since not a lot of people here in my country likes skirts very much, they prefer dresses and an equivalent of $40USD should be considered expensive already (I really don't mean to offend). I also can't imagine how it will be taken care of since it is for professional dry clean and I don't trust dry cleaning in my location coz I've lost 3 of the 5 favorite dresses I sent to the dry cleaners that way. Another thing about the washing part, it is in our culture to employ laundrywoman to do their laundry (manual washing by hands or machine-wash), and those employees are not exactly trained to professionally launder your garments. I shiver just imagining the dress being thrown into the rest of the everyday garments & thereby destroying it in the end.