Maison Martin Margiela x H&M

[softgrey]

My sister ordered some pieces online for me, but it will be some time before they arrive. She ordered:

*Nude pumps with plexi wedge heel (now am worried they aren't comfortable, after reading this thread)
*The black ankle boots with plexi wedge (as above)
*Watch belt - (did anyone see this? any thoughts on it)?
*Beige leather tote (as above - any thoughts on it)?

Still on my wishlist:
*Narrow shouldered jacket (top of my list)
*Oversized cashmere turtleneck sweaters (trying to figure out how the sleeves work, they look 'pinned' at times, and at times it looks like it'd hang past the wrist)?

Would to hear any thoughts on any of the items above

the swtr is just really big and oversized...
like a really big man's sweater...
the sleeves are really really long and wide...
you'd have to push them up to wear them and imo, they won't stay up and it would be very very annoying to wear due to this...
that is why i skipped it...

i don't like the toe on the shoes...
it is pointier than any real mmm shoes and i don't really like the shape...
but that's just me...

 

[mistress_f]

I couldn't go to the opening cause of work meetings i couldn't postpone, so i just kinda forced myself to forget about it (also cause one of the 2 hm stores that carried it sold out the first day). BUT today i found myself nearby the other one so i decided to go take a look and.... i found the one thing i *really wanted* in my size. I understand why it didn't sell out i think it's a bit hard to carry but it really fits me like a glove. I'ts a bit too long but still, I'm so happy . I'm also rather satisfied by the quality and the cut, it could've been a disaster.

(It's the horizontal dress by the way, in black)

 

[Phuel]

margielamike2004: Thanks for the detailed history of those dirty jeans Mike; I never knew their treatment was so innovative-- and hands-on. I still wear mine, including the infamous painter jeans-- which were treated to further customization. The quality of the denim is really premium for the time, and even now. His jeanswear came out at a time when finding classic jeans-- particularly selvedge denim, was very hard to find. I still get comments from people when I wear the painter jeans-- including not-so-nice ones from some panhandlers on the street when I walk by.

And I completely adore early-Galliano: No one, and I mean no one came close to the blood and sweat he poured into his work at the early part of his career. The intricate cuts, the construction were all lost-in-time couture-level mixed with the most innovative fabrics. And he scrapped the funds to put a show together. The tacky Vegas freakshow he became towards the end-- personally and design-wise seems to be everything he was against when he was a struggling, hungry genius.

Anyway, these H&M pieces sound really poorly-made. I have a feeling that despite their solid appearance, they just won't hold together for long. I find myself wanting the hangers and coatbags though...

 

[honeycombchild]

They'll hold together fine and the quality is perfectly acceptable - it just could have been better.

They've shown they can produce really great quality items in these collections, Lanvin was a prime example of that. The sheepskin coat might have come in more expensive had it been real sheepskin, but I imagine it probably would have sold more based on that fact.

I want the table cloth, it's pretty cool, but I'm going to wait for the re-pricing to begin. £70 on a table cloth is just a bit too much currently!

 

[Scott]

as i said before,a collection this intricately composed,i didn't feel like it would hold up in this capacity. there's just too much workmanship for this to translate in this manner.

 

[luluposh]

I was in Westfield Stratford earlier - all of the mens pieces are marked at 50% off.
There were a handful of dresses at 50% off too.

A rack of the leather jackets in all sizes and lots of the printed skirts and tops. Loads of heels and jewellery left, you can see that there have been lots of returns.

 

[lucy92]

I was in Westfield Stratford earlier - all of the mens pieces are marked at 50% off.
There were a handful of dresses at 50% off too.

A rack of the leather jackets in all sizes and lots of the printed skirts and tops. Loads of heels and jewellery left, you can see that there have been lots of returns.

marked down already? could this be a clerical error?

i read an interview with the margerta van den bosch lady from H&M and she said they widened the availability of the collection due to complaints over sell outs in previous years.

 

[luluposh]

marked down already? could this be a clerical error?

I was surprised to see the three women's pieces at 50%, but I don't think the men's range was a clerical error - there is SO much stock left over.

 

[vogue28]

50% off? How I wished I could goto Westfield Stratford. I still cannot bring myself to purchase the beige belt I was talking about earlier. Something is telling me I can get a nicer one elsewhere. But I just wanted something from H&M's MMM collaboration.

 

[Phuel]

I want the table cloth, it's pretty cool, but I'm going to wait for the re-pricing to begin. £70 on a table cloth is just a bit too much currently!

If you ever get tired of using the tablecloth-- as a tablecloth, you can always turn it into a coat, jacket, shirt... There's value there!

I don't know what genius marketing team at H&M thought that Margiela should be overstocked to ease the complaints of scarcity for these collaborations. Mainstream labels like Versace and Lagerfeldare household names, and labels like Lanvin and Stella McCartney are easy to wear, so if they're going to overstock, start with a label that's a household name, like Dolce, not Margiela. Margiela, although by far the best collaboration, is still too weird and unknown to the masses.

 

[falsecontender]

Might pop to H&M during the week and grab something for my boyfriend and hope for the tablecloth in the sale at some point.

 

[Street_a_Licious]

50% off already???

and honestly, it think H&M might have wanted to increase the visibility of their collaborations, especially in the US. if you haven't noticed, Target and Macy's have been snapping up GREAT guest designers left and right, and i think their goal was to simply increase visibility for their own brands. which they didn't see from H&Ms collaborations.

the Valli pieces for Macy's were nice, but if given to H&M, they could have done something REALLY outstanding.

 

[xionasy]

EVERYTHING, and I say, EVERYTHING men AND womens were 50% off at the H&M on Regent Street.
My friend, a girl, got the thigh high boots and some dresses and accessories for just under 300 quid.
There's not a lot of stocks left for women, some leather jackets, some dresses, some shoes in large sizes, a LOT of the handcuff bracelets.
Lots of stocks left for men. I would say full size runs of the denim jacket, white leather jacket and large sizes of pretty much everything else.

I was actually quite surprised to see everything at 50% off so soon.. it's only been two weeks. Good thing everything I bought when I queued in line at 6am were sold out or I'd be extremely pissed off.

 

[CommanderTMugler]

Here in the USA everything is still priced normally even with the Black Friday sales, I popped into one of the stores and they were pretty heavily stocked.

 

[lucy92]

i checked my store (in the states) today and they still had everything at full price.

 

[honeycombchild]

Yup, it's true, all Margiela is now half price here in the UK. The website still has it full price though.

I went to a few stores today and Westfield had the biggest range. They pretty much had everything there.. menswear is harder to find. Regent Street and Oxford Circus had pretty limited stock - there's some items that there are LOADS of, but the nicer, easier items like the tailoring, there's only odd sizes left. A lot of scarf jumpers, shoes, sheepskin coats, leather belt jackets, big white leather belts and knitwear left. I haven't seen any of the t-shirts, of that nice grey blazer.

The only womenswear pieces now there were the clutch, mirror ball leggings, the wool enlarged shouldered jacket and duvet coat. Everything else is sitting in Westfield waiting for anyone who wants it..

 

[miu miu]

This is ridiculous! I only got my online shopping yesterday and they are already reduced in stores? I was about to return some of the stuff I bought anyway but now I just want to take it back to westfield and grab a few discounted items on the way
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[honeycombchild]

The website will discount too I imagine, but probably not for another week or two. I ordered a tailored jacket on the launch day and it only just arrived yesterday, so they'll wait for people to receive the launch day orders and such, then I bet they'll discount online too.

 

[miu miu]

Honeycombchild - do you know if we can return the items to a store or do we have to send them back?
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[honeycombchild]

You can return to store but only for a credit note or exchange, the only way to get your money back is to send it back to the H&M online department, which takes weeks. Usually around 2-4 weeks from the date you send it to the day you get your money back.