This tiger-patterned faux fur coat is listed for $899. If you don’t mind its 360% markup from $249, you’ll have to pay an additional $49 shipping. You can get a made-in-France metallic tiger-striped jacket from KENZO’s mainline for $1,230.
These wild pink striped stiletto-heeled boots are on sale for $599, up 100% from their $299 retail. You can get some real KENZO ankle boots — albeit with a lower heel and less seizure-inducing pattern — for just $15 more.
It looks like this is just a few enterprising shoppers trying their luck, but the fact that people are even doing it is a sign of just how ridiculous the hype is around these sorts of collections nowadays. Hardcore Supreme fans often offer a “proxy” pre-order service for fellow community members on drop days, only with a much more tolerable markup of 20% or so.
H&M’s fast-fashion collabs routinely cause mayhem when they go on sale (here’s a brief history of the retailer’s most hysteria-inducing link-ups) because they produce way, way less product than what they know they can sell. That’s a pretty common tactic these days, but when you combine it with the opportunity to buy luxury names at a heavily discounted price, it’s the perfect storm — no doubt you’ll be hearing a lot about H&M’s latest partnership when it drops November 3 — good luck getting your hands on a piece.