If Prada says that classic clothes with a whiff of the early 70s and a sombre colour palette are modern, her track record indicates that she will be proven right.
"He's the right man because he's intelligent, modern, good track record," said Peter Lawwell, the Celtic chief executive, at the media conference to confirm Deila's appointment.
And many local officials find it ridiculous that people from the developed world would tell them to protect gorillas rather than do whatever they can to lift their nation up and out of poverty and chaos, given Europe's pre-modern environmental track record.
Considering this track record, "modern" operas have yet to inject a new enthusiasm or critical and financial success into the mix, partly due to the traditional opera fan still wanting those classics or something reminiscent of them.
The Modern has a long track record with Latin American Art; its holdings include the sculptor Gego, the painter Jesús Rafael Soto and the painter and sculptor Joaquín Torres-García Torres-García
"He's the right man because he's intelligent, modern, with a good track record," said Lawwell.
Tanglewood has a limited but excellent track record with modern operas.
In keeping with the company's distinguished track record with modern music, the season has included admirable performances of difficult but fascinating scores like the violin concertos of Thomas Adès and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
The Hunterian and the Victoria and Albert Museum, in London, are the two major British galleries that own work by Hitchcock; the V&A owes its painting to its then director, Sir Roy Strong, an enthusiast for Hitchcock, like the art historian Kenneth Clark (Private Eye's Lord Clark of Civilisation), though their track record on modern art was mildly eccentric.
"British modern pentathletes have an excellent track record in Olympic competition, winning four medals in the last three Games.
