Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garcons for H&M Designer Collection

[Lena]

remember how we've been joking about the Comme@topshop/h&m possiblilty some months ago?

Originally Posted by Pastry

I have a feeling she has her own, very specific, reasons to do this. a bizarre exploration of high street culture no doubt.

that's very possible but still, it is so beyond the point

the designer/global-fashion-supermarket collaborations seem to be falling flat lately and anyway, taking away their prefume lines and guerrila stores, it's a fact that the cdg empire is not what it used to be.

to me cdg@h&m sounds like another self-destructive cdg joke

i'm so not interested in 'made in china' cdg T-shirts,
it flatly exposes the whole cdg hype.

[miss6o]

Originally Posted by MulletProof

^I know. I still don't quite believe it for some reason.
one thing that annoys me for sure though, is the amount of people that all of a sudden will call themselves long-time followers of Rei's work (when they never really cared or were just repulsed by her work).. it's probably silly of me to get annoyed by that but I just can't stand it.. they lined up for cavalli, will line up for rei and would even line up for ms pulitzer if she'd get an invitation too.. hype just gives me migraine..

I'm annoyed by and fear the same thing as you. Like for example, average people here in Finland do not even know about Rei and CDG. I bet when the stuff comes out all of the sudden they go to wikipedia, read about it and are suddenly the biggest fans.. Or hopefully, they will not care for it at all, and more pieces will be left for moi.

[Scott]

nqth,which explains the abundance of those pieces...i see.

i dunno,lena,i still feel the women's mainline has been stronger than it ever has these last few years.

the aesthetics she's been perusing have been a bit more accessible.....which could be that element that would lead her to these more commercial endeavours and ultimately something like this. not that the mainline has been commercial but just has that air of something familiar and relatable whereas during the 80's and 90's and the first couple years this decade,was perhaps a bit overly conceptual.

nice to see you again,btw,deer

[Pastry]

Originally Posted by MulletProof

^I know. I still don't quite believe it for some reason.
one thing that annoys me for sure though, is the amount of people that all of a sudden will call themselves long-time followers of Rei's work (when they never really cared or were just repulsed by her work).. it's probably silly of me to get annoyed by that but I just can't stand it.. they lined up for cavalli, will line up for rei and would even line up for ms pulitzer if she'd get an invitation too.. hype just gives me migraine..

oh, Mullet..I know.But we better start making peace with this now..Because, at this point, you know it's going to be exactly that. There are far too many so-called 'educated" consumers of fashion. oye..

[*Sunrise_Serena*]

It will be very interesting to see the outcome of this. I really doubt that their style fits to H&M, but as I wasn't too thrilled about Cavalli's collection, it can only get better.

[writergal28]

Does Rei's collaboration with H&M have ANYTHING to do with H&M opening major flagship stores in Japan? Is H&M in Japan right now?

[rollagasper]

I'm really happy that H&M chooses a variety of designers for collaborations. I didn't really care for Cavalli's collection, but CDG is something more of my taste. Can't wait to see what the designs will be. Anyone know when this will be coming out?

[*Sunrise_Serena*]

The designs are going to come out in November and will be exclusively launched in the H&M store in Tokyo and a few days later released worldwide.

[1988]

Originally Posted by writergal28

I didn't like the Cavalli collection either, nor did I really like Viktor & Rolf...looking forward to this though. I haven't really liked anything since Stella's collection in 2005.

i totally agree
i mean the cavalli collection was just ARHHH!!!!
my first impression of it was "same old same old"
altho cant wait to c this CdG collection for H&M

[CharlottefromCA]

Are these capsules only released in flagship stores?? gah... i will drive to SF if I have to.. I can't wait for this.

[raj]

i can't wait for this...i won't get my hopes up too high though..don't want to be disappointed

[writergal28]

Originally Posted by CharlottefromCA

Are these capsules only released in flagship stores?? gah... i will drive to SF if I have to.. I can't wait for this.

Yep.

[june gloom]

I am sososo very excited for this!

[ApertureRomance]

Hmm I think it would be better for them not to release any press , this collaboration is going to be so hyped and highly anticipated the ebay frenzy will be so much more worse than previous collections. Even if the clothes don't translate well , people will still use the cachet of her name as a selling point.

[ms-nietzsche]

I've never bought anything from H&M, but this intrigues me. I'm assuming that the quality of collaboration collections is superior to those of the regular pieces? I really hope SF carries this