Original Prada prototypes for sale: Hang one on a wall?

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Want to own a voluminous Prada skirt fussed over by Miuccia? The design house will be auctioning off its original prototypes from the spring/summer 2008 line. (Ed. note to Kat: I can’t wait to read your thoughts on this.) For three weeks on Tuesdays, beginning on April 15, the Prada website will offer bidders one week to cash out for skirts, trousers and accessories. There are only 10 items in all. All the proceeds go to an Italian foundation devoted to medical research. The Rage has always marveled at the artistry of Prada. The clothes even behave like canvases -- case in point: she owns a skirt that is not incredibly flattering, but it renders her a walking MOCA, if you will. But what to do with a size 0 skirt that made its way down a runway on a very, very skinny model? Does it become a piece of fashion porn that a collector will caress on occasion? Or do you hang it above the fireplace? The Rage would suspend it somewhere -- like an art installation -- and let it twirl in the breeze.