Hmm, I think Prada chop changes their direction a lot so I can't really pin them down as ever being intentionally ironic. There's always a conceptual undertone that binds it but that's about the only constant. I think what can read as taking the piss can simply be too conceptual without a heavily staged context and therefore flops elsewhere. It's a brand that makes as many misses as it does hits and ironically survives thanks to its classic pieces that no one really talks about.
It'll be interesting to see where it heads next with the addition of Raf Simons alongside Miucca as it has the potential to eat itself by overindulging in the conceptual and over intellectualising it all or they could potentially healthily balance each other out and do something brilliant and new. Time will tell...
I will say in defence of Prada and kindness to non standard bodies, I used to wear it loads, the basic stuff, trousers, shirts, etc. Alongside Armani and a few other brands and anyone I know with my height or less and some curve will have work pieces by them. Nothing out there but just really well cut flattering things when all other brands were pretending women only came in straight up and down shapes of at least 175cm. Also one of the few designer brands that go up to actual large sizes and have been doing so for forever.
In other news, I think we've been getting it wrong, it's not orchid, it's Pope purple, obviously. Although the pope better not be coughing the Corona virus all over this thread 
Hope your son is doing well Red and that it's nothing serious 
I've never actually had anything silk altered, if something needs to be taken in (hems) I tend do it myself by hand with a couture stitch as that's way better on silk than machine stitches.
As promised (although no one expressed any interest in the exhibition 
) here's the Google album with all the Thierry Mugler exhibition pics.