Marni for H&M

[Ives927]

Here in Toronto, the crowd can't even be considered a crowd. There was a small line in the morning inside the store, and three hours later, the racks were still full. Just by looking at the people, I can say most of them don't even know or have ever heard of Marni and was there just to purchase something to be apart of the hype and trend.
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[pen6693]

So I usually make my way to school at around 10 in the morning, but instead today I decided to actually go to the H&M on Michigan ave. All I could think of was finding very few items, but I was actually surprised when I was on Michigan ave & it was very quiet. I went inside the store and there was a line no longer than a school bus. I peeked inside to the room and they had EVERYTHING. I was in luck. I literally was there for maybe half an hour. It was my time to go buy and I literally bought all the men's dress up shirts, the ties, the blue bag, the cashmere sweaters, and the vest (although not in small they had a lot of mediums). I was very surprised to see that at 11 something there was a huge quantity of clothes. This collection was very reserved here in Chicago. Most of the people came in after I was done shopping. A very great experience.

 

[Halcyon]

So I usually make my way to school at around 10 in the morning, but instead today I decided to actually go to the H&M on Michigan ave. All I could think of was finding very few items, but I was actually surprised when I was on Michigan ave & it was very quiet. I went inside the store and there was a line no longer than a school bus. I peeked inside to the room and they had EVERYTHING. I was in luck. I literally was there for maybe half an hour. It was my time to go buy and I literally bought all the men's dress up shirts, the ties, the blue bag, the cashmere sweaters, and the vest (although not in small they had a lot of mediums). I was very surprised to see that at 11 something there was a huge quantity of clothes. This collection was very reserved here in Chicago. Most of the people came in after I was done shopping. A very great experience.

uh, we must of missed each other by just 15 minutes. I got there at 11:25 or so and there was a line to get in and it took forever to get though the line. They were letting people through in groups and I was in the last group that got in when there was anything. There were only the parkas with the prints on them left in the women's section when I left (there was a good amount of mens stuff.)

Luckily, the one thing I really wanted was the silk skirt with dots on it. Every time they let a new group of a people in I would see people take it to the dressing room, but then a few skirts always came out of the dressing room. When it was my turn, I ran to the skirts and grabbed my size and I figured out why it was discarded: the skirt is unlined!! So, now I'm going to have to go out and buy a slip (a slip! in the 21st century!) But even then, it will have cost me less than a $100 and I sort of love it.

My experience was not a great experience. There was an Ebayer there and the people in line were fighting with her. People in line were also fighting with the guards. In a way, thank god my skirt was poorly made or I wouldn't have gotten it and I would have wasted two hours.

 

[emailme.]

Here in Toronto, the crowd can't even be considered a crowd. There was a small line in the morning inside the store, and three hours later, the racks were still full. Just by looking at the people, I can say most of them don't even know or have ever heard of Marni and was there just to purchase something to be apart of the hype and trend.
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Woah, were you at the Eaton Center? That sounds significantly less than Versace. Did you see any black flower necklaces left?

 

[pen6693]

uh, we must of missed each other by just 15 minutes. I got there at 11:25 or so and there was a line to get in and it took forever to get though the line. They were letting people through in groups and I was in the last group that got in when there was anything. There were only the parkas with the prints on them left in the women's section when I left (there was a good amount of mens stuff.)

Luckily, the one thing I really wanted was the silk skirt with dots on it. Every time they let a new group of a people in I would see people take it to the dressing room, but then a few skirts always came out of the dressing room. When it was my turn, I ran to the skirts and grabbed my size and I figured out why it was discarded: the skirt is unlined!! So, now I'm going to have to go out and buy a slip (a slip! in the 21st century!) But even then, it will have cost me less than a $100 and I sort of love it.

My experience was not a great experience. There was an Ebayer there and the people in line were fighting with her. People in line were also fighting with the guards. In a way, thank god my skirt was poorly made or I wouldn't have gotten it and I would have wasted two hours.

Yeah, after I got there I saw a line of a bunch of people. I actually had thought i was going to go in there and find nothing.
I think I went in there at about 11:30-ish.
OH goodness, I would see people with racks of clothes going to pay, and it turned out it was provided by H&M in order for the clothes to not be ruined
Still, that sounds brutal. I also had people fighting with the guards, I was waiting for someone to get kicked out.
I'm still hoping someone returns the vest in a size small lol. I'm going to give it a week since that's when everything else should be back

 

[LagerfeldBoy]

I overslept too and am so glad I did because, hopeless and all, I still went to check it out and managed to get there at 7:50-8:10 (something like that) and the line consisted of like.. 30 people . Only one woman camped out according to a SA.

Once in everything seemed to be running smoothly, shoes were the only item that was scarce.. the silver sandals were available only in size 7 (37?) and 9 (40), I'm a 41 but I tried the 40 on and they fit like a glove, and they're so pretty, better than in pictures (less 'chunky-looking), so.. bingo there .. pretty satisfied for getting the only thing that made me want to take part in the whole thing. I still can't digest the prints though.. I thought I might grab something once there but.. I find them a little too Housewife vacationing in Palm Springs, and the jewelry looks so silly tbh.. what's the point of getting it if it's not even going to make sense with the rest of your wardrobe?.

omg I hate you!
I even had this whole plan of going at 6 and making it to my second class at 11. I only wanted the purple pajama bottoms and unfortunately some are going as far as $200 on ebay!

 

[dajrekshn]

omg I hate you!
I even had this whole plan of going at 6 and making it to my second class at 11. I only wanted the purple pajama bottoms and unfortunately some are going as far as $200 on ebay!

really? in our store thay had tons of those. i'm not sure they managed to sell one piece of them.

 

[ellastica]

i worked the H&M downtown Seattle launch (the only store in the Pacific NW; even Portland POWELL didn't get MARNI ) and it was pretty hectic in the fitting rooms! There were 3 sales associates in there the whole time either counting items in/ holding bags of accessories and marking with # tags based on room # or the instant the customer discarded the 'NO' garmets, we garmet cared them (zip, tie, button etc) and threw them into the hands of the 'runners' to be put back on the racks. Of course the MARNI hangers were uber bulky which didn't help matters ( whether the customer had 2 or 7 items to try on, the friggin hangers made it uber awkward and cumbersome)and had ridiculously small hooks for the garmet helper loops which were a total pain in the bum and all of the silky stuff kept sliding right off!


there was a very small room of MARNI which is normally devoted to the Modern Classic dept and just as fast as the racks were cleared out of the MARNI, SAs brought out racks of the regular Modern Classic. While there was some initial frenzied, wild animals let of their cage shopping action (mannequins knocked over, people clearing off the accessories tables in a matter of minutes and armloads of merch scooped up in arms and bags) it did die down by the time i left around 10:30 am ish. No major incidents altho some dumpy middle-aged lady got her feathers ruffled when customers were yanking merch out of each others hands (but what did she expect; if you can't take the heat...I mean that's part of the reason I wanted to work the event ).

I was pleasantly surprised that most of the garmets were WAAAAY cuter in real-life than in the online photos. that striped green tee with vertical ruffle detailing down the zipper was quite charming in person!

By the time I left around 10:30 am there was HALF a rack of mens left! SO no MARNI for me, boohoo. the MARNI madness probably paled in comparison to the rabidness of VERSACE 'devotees' but it seemed as though the group of shoppers that made the MARNI launch were 'in the know' fashion types, given that people in the NW region did have to travel a ways to get to Seattle. some had the high-end MARNI already in their closet and vocabulary.


However, despite MARNI being such an esteemed high fashion label and critics darling, the collaboration seemed akin to an under the radar fashion blip. unlike VERSACE with their media blitzing for their main line and H&M collab, i think the majority of internet savvy shoppers can remember past and current VERSACE campaigns while even hardcore MARNI-vores probably couldn't name a single MARNI campaign/ad/tv show/ celebrity/song that name drops Consuelo Castiglioni for MARNI...for a reason.


Anywhoo, luckily the location i work at is super bougie and upscale so the majority of MARNI from downtown will end up as returns at my location ( i suspect people feel guilty going back doing major returns from the home store and many shoppers trekked from my store area to downtown) . So obviously with Ladies MARNI selling out within like 45 minutes trying anything on myself was out of the picture:

so was MARNI pretty much on par with regular H&M sizing? 1-2 sizes smaller?
I still really want those heavier knit looking leggings and ikat print crop pants...

 

[Fruchtzwerg]

Thank god, there is a online-shop. I ordered the items which I was looking for, except the dotted dress which was sold out but maybe it will be back in stock after the first wave of returns.

 

[Mashi_bashi]

most of the items are online now, ordered some things which wont come til the end of the month.

 

[honeycombchild]

I didn't get the sandals on the pre-launch night and regretted it instantly but ordered them yesterday afternoon, and today got an e-mail saying they've been dispatched. Much better than the waiting times on previous collections!

 

[falsecontender]

I decided to keep the top I bought, gonna look after it very well and wear it to a wedding reception I'm going to at the end of the month.

I'm still lusting over the patterned silk shorts should have been crazed shopped and pulled them off the display when I got my time to shop but oh well. If they are meant to be mine I'll find them in returns. People are already going a bit crazed on ebay, its silly wish there was a way to stop items being put on ebay or being bought for the purpose of reselling.

 

[apriliciate]

i got the eye glasses, the silver sandals *until now i'm still quite confused how to tie the sandals lace* LOL! and the white flower necklace..

quite satisfied for those, but for the clothes, the quality is so bad.. seriously, i'm prefer with previous collaboration, the versace one!

i also got all the earings for my friend *i think the earings are too heavy, no idea if someone wear it and go to club* *dance and jump around* LOLLLL!!!

 

[kate_is_goddess]

Oooh, the rope sandals are back in stock online, nice!

 

[Psylocke]

I returned the bag today. It's funny, us Swiss people really don't have that "Buy something, see if you like it and return it if you don't" kind of mentality. The lady at H&M looked at me in shock when I returned the bag, asking me what was wrong with the item. I said I just didn't have enough time yesterday to see if I really liked it and realized later the bag was so not me. She only then realized it was from the Marni collection, so it seems I was the only one returning anything this morning

I'm keeping the high heeled sandals for now but I fear I won't get much wear out of them because they're really high.

 

[luckyme]

why not start a thread in the shopping forum and show pictures of what you all bought?

 

[Jinadaze]

Or post it in already existing H&M tread.
I would like to see how the silver pumps are looking 'irl', anyone bought them?

 

[luluposh]

Perhaps we can post in here?

Some shots of the sandals, necklace and dresses:

L/S dress:

Maxi dress print:

-my own images.

 

[luluposh]

Forgot to add to above...the men's sunglasses. I like the packaging.

I bought the blue scarf, which I decided I'm going to return tomorrow. When I called earlier they told me that they still have quite a few items in store - dresses and bags especially.

 

[emailme.]

It's interesting that Marni's reputation of being critically acclaimed continues even with their collaboration with H&M. Fashion people digged this but commercially, it's not as big a success as previous collaborations.