Erdem for H&M

[BetteT]

Moving this thread to Shop Til You Drop ... since it's mostly about the store and buying items from the line.

 

[Fewormany]

I keep forgetting to check in the mornings..
I still have my eye on the hoodie and the short sleeve shirt, fingers crossed.

 

[Titus Groan]

You actually only got 3 days from the day of delivery to return your items to a store, where as you’ve been given 28 days to return them to the website. So I think you will see things reappear back online. Although this collection seems to have been the one restocked the least online!

Generally with ecommerce platforms what happens is an item is returned, or an order is cancelled and the stock of that item goes up by 1 (or however many) but it doesn’t show on the main site until it indexes, which it is usually programmed to do once or twice a day. At that point the whole site runs a check of itself and the stock levels refresh, so that’s when you find all the items appear back online. Generally sites have the index happen at their least busy time which is why it happens in the early hours.

I wouldn’t give up hope just yet but I woukd expect to be checking a lot! Things might appear back online during the day but I’d say it’s unlikely.

I was trawling eBay earlier and noticed that pieces aren’t selling for that much over their original price. These things baffle me, Erdem was one of the nicest collections by far. Kenzo’s was pretty awful and yet people paid way over the odds for it on eBay!

Thank you so much! They restocked again a couples of nights ago, but not the clothes and the sizes I wanted.

I think Erdem is arguably the best collaboration they have made; but it is not very well known, especially outside the UK. I am glad that resellers aren't making that much, hopefully there will be a lot of returns.

 

[Titus Groan]

Sorry for double posting, but I'm noticing that a lot of the pieces from the show didn't make it to the shop. It's a real pity.

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In all those photos there are pieces that, for whatever reason, didn't make the final cut.

It's such a shame, because I would totally have gotten the brocade suit and the sequin halter dress. They are way too gorgeous.

I'd really appreciate it if you posted reviews of the things you've bought, because I'm having mixed feelings about some things. For example, the floral satin suit and skirt for women. I love the idea of florals in a suit, but the satin looks really cheap to me, and I think that the shape of the pants it's a terrible idea.

About the brocade dress and coat, I really dislike the design of both. I hate the cut outs in the dress, the high neck with no sleeves, and overall, I feel like the fabric is too heavy for the kind of dress it is. With the coat, I simply think it's too impractical to be able to justify its purchase. The sleeves are way too short, the fabric is polyester (so when am I supposed to wear a polyester coat? ) and I think there is too much colour in a too big surface, people would look at me strangely for sure (anybody knows how the sizing is, just in case?). I think the blazer would have been perfect in that sense, you keep the richness of the colour but you can tone it down, and you could wear it in spring or autumn . The tennis are nice, but the sizing is small, and normally only use leather shoes.

The sequin dress I think looks very cool, but spaghetti straps look awful on me. Besides, I'm way too busty for that dress, and I like my bras sturdy (hate strapless), so not very practical. I'm sad to miss it (and I seriouly considered purchasing it), I thought the halter neck sequin dress looked way cooler than the spaghetti straps one.

I thought all the jumpers were scratchy and itchy, despite being beautiful, so I didn't buy them. Then again, I only wear cashmere jumpers, so I'm quite used to softness. If somebody is interested and they manage to get them, they should know that the sizing is big.

I really don't get all the hype with the hoodies, they are just hoodies to me, maybe there is something that I'm not getting. I never wear hoodies, but I'm beggining to wonder if I should just buy a floral one.

The polyester dresses and tops I must say I find there really overpriced, except for the halter neck dress, which I find very cute even if the quality does not match the price (waiting for it).

The women's coat was aesthetically pleasing, but overpriced, since the fabric is meh, I expected at least 80% wool for that price, with maybe a little cashmere thrown in, and honestly, I wonder how many people prefer a navy and turquoise checked coat instead of a navy one, that is easier to wear. The lining is beautiful, though. Fits very big, I could wear two sizes less than I normally wear, and maybe even three (wasn't able to try a smaller one).

I hate leopard, so didn't even look twice at the coat. I found the lace Elizabethan era blouse overpriced (100% polyester) and it showed.

I didn't get to see any of the lace dresses in person. The ballgown is really really beautiful, I'm glad I was able to get it in the first web restock. Fits TTS. I think that because of its midi length it's a little bit more wearable.

I got all the silk pieces. I was really impressed by the quality of the women's PJs, initially I wasn't going to get them, but then I touched them, and the silk was really soft, thick and strong. So they went home with me. The floral silk blouse has the most beautiful floral print of all the collection, I'm sad that it's the only item with that print. The silk dress and the floral silk blouse have the same kind of silk, thin and nearly transparent. Thankfully they are lined. The silk lace blouses are amazing, they have that victorian kind of look. All fit TTS.

I bought the grey suit (the pants fit bigger than size), though I only wanted the double breasted blazer (TTS), since I think that the design is smart and has busty women in mind (at least I always have trouble with blazers, and double breasted ones are especially difficult). The fabric is good, so I don't think it's overpriced.

The floral combat boots are very pretty (and TTS, contrary to the tennis), and I'm thinking on getting the men's tennis. I don't know if I should, I've already spent too much. I didn't like the pointy kitten heel croc shoes with the crystals. I think it's too much, and the crystals will probably fall when time passes. The handbags were too small and the crystals were too much. The backpack looked cheap. I never wear scarves, but I guess they were nice, at least the 100% silk ones (not the cotton/silk mix, and not the super small one). The socks and tights and the rest of accesories were way too expensive. The tights looked very thin.

I also bought the tweed skirt (fit bigger than size), and I'm waiting on the jacket to arrive. I thought the fabric was good, though I'm not really sure of how I'm going to wear it, so I don't look like my grandmother. Also waiting of the ruffled white cotton shirt to arrive.

Apart from the ballgown, which I think it's really showstopping, my favourite item were the men's coats. As always, way better than women's coat. The two that were made with Harris Tweed looked really amazing, and they had a removable gilet, which is wonderful. I'm sad because I think that even the biggest size will probably be to small for my BF (even if I managed to get it), and when I tried on a smaller size, it was fine on the bust but the shoulders were way too big. I'm thinking on buying it anyway if I can find one in my size and taking it to the tailor? I don't know.

I'm trying not to buy anything more, apart from maybe the men's trainers, because I know that either the quality doesn't hold up to the price (polyester everything, accesories) or I would never wear it (hoodies, sequin dress, jacquard coat). Though I really want the men's Harris tweed coats, it's so unfair women's coats are always worse.

Anyway, I hope this can be helpful, since it's still possible to buy things if you are patient and watch the web. Sorry for the rambling.

 

[honeycombchild]

Has anyone been successful with the restocks? I've seen pretty much all pieces come back into stock now apart from the men's silk pyjama shirt which I still haven't been able to get my hands on. I'm really annoyed I didn't get myself it on launch day. I had it in my basket and then decided not to go for it in the end.

 

[Littleathquakes]

^ wha? I just went to the site, everything's still sold out. When do the restocks happen?

 

[honeycombchild]

If you scroll back in the thread and read you’ll see a lot of information on it.

 

[Titus Groan]

Restocks (or more like returns) are totally dependent on the country. Some countries will restock a lot, and on certain times, other countries won't restock at all.

The most important thing to take into account is the returns policy. If you can return the online bought clothing to a store (and you have the same days to do so as online) chance are the web won't be restocking.

I see that you are in the US, I'm sorry because I really have no idea how the website works, or which is the return policy.

Searching Ebay, I'm seeing people selling a silk scarf that I haven't been able to find anywhere else, apart from a blog (nor even the website). Is this a fake item, country restrictive or maybe early prelaunch?

Can I post a link to Ebay to show it? I'm not sure.

 

[Littleathquakes]

^ I personally wouldn't buy from Ebay cause you don't know what you're really getting.

 

[eizhowa]

^How so? Surely ordering Erdem is no different than buying anything else (new with tags) of Ebay. You always run the risk of fraud, and always have the buyers protection that might help you.

 

[Littleathquakes]

^How so? Surely ordering Erdem is no different than buying anything else (new with tags) of Ebay. You always run the risk of fraud, and always have the buyers protection that might help you.

True but I think you run a higher risk of fraud whenever you're not buying from the direct source. Buyers protection and all that do help, but I'd rather just not go through it.

 

[honeycombchild]

The scarf that you can’t find anywhere else is a press gift. Often there are two items produced in the range that are given out at the Press Day’s around the world. It happened with Marni too, variations of the silk scarves given in the goodie bags at the launch events. That’s probably how one has ended up on eBay!

 

[Titus Groan]

Thank you. I was really curious about it, I never wear scarves so not going to buy it, but I was going crazy because I didn't understand where the scarf came from.

Does anybody know if there is another promotional item? (Curiosity) That's the only one I've been able to find.

 

[honeycombchild]

It’s not always wearable. For Wang they did like boxing glove biscuits, that came in a little Wang pouch. Versace’s was actually their new perfume, that wasn’t even part of the H&M line. Lanvin has a really cute tote bag...

 

[russianelf]

The other promotional item were 2 pairs of socks. They're slightly different from the ones on sale, the print is different in colour and they're onesize.

Re: purchasing from ebay. The only collection that was faked was Balmain and you could see it ASAP from pix. Noone will fake Erdem x H&M come on. Personally bought a lot of stuff from these designer collections online and never got a fake piece.

 

[lucy92]

Re: purchasing from ebay. The only collection that was faked was Balmain and you could see it ASAP from pix. Noone will fake Erdem x H&M come on. Personally bought a lot of stuff from these designer collections online and never got a fake piece.

a Versace for H&M bomber jacket was counterfeited as well the Lanvin for H&M plastic necklaces and gray dress.

I expect there to be a fair amount of returns for some of the lace tops. You'd need to have a good amount of dexterity to button the buttons at the nape of the neck - or have someone button for you. a definite nuisance - not to mention how unyielding the material was - not much give.

 

[Littleathquakes]

One or two items were back in limited supply when I last checked in the middle of the night. But they weren't in my size so I didn't buy them. I suspect they might be returns, though.

 

[Fewormany]

I've been able to get my hands on the floral hoodie through a local auction site.
It's massive, which is probably the reason why it works, I'm looking forward to wearing it this weekend.