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

[loverunway]

That's nothing, $1200! Someone at the UK regent st branch spent £2200 which is like $4000!

 

[Scott]

lucy,these people are so incredibly delusional!! arrgh!! a piece of art???? it's certainly quirky but come on,i wouldn't go that far. check out her main-lines and then come back with a logical assesment please. and as far as that one chick that somebody posted a pic of....i understand there may also be enthusiasm about this but that girl looked like she was purchasing the entire collection of women's and men's and then some! there were so many other people that was excited about this as well....how can one be that greedy? it's just ridiculous.

 

[loonaka]

but that girl looked like she was purchasing the entire collection of women's and men's and then some!

so true

 

[lmelanie]

Are any of the stores restocking? Or is everything just out on the floor? I live in nyc but i couldnt go yesterday..am i just out of luck then?

 

[icey]

I wonder how ppl behaved in Sweden, I mean here in Oslo, Norway at the store I went to people didn't start to line up till about 9:45 am, and yeah people were hurrying to get what they wanted, but they didn't push or take like a million things with them..and the HM staff kept restocking all the time^^ I guess Norwegian people are afraid of letting the animal inside get to them..

The same story here in Helsinki. People were very calm and hurrying to get the clothes of course but I did not see any fighting over the items like in places such as London. I'm sure there is still tons of stuff left in the stores here.

 

[loonaka]

The same story here in Helsinki. People were very calm and hurrying to get the clothes of course but I did not see any fighting over the items like in places such as London. I'm sure there is still tons of stuff left in the stores here.

Yeah most of the pieces that are listed on Ebay as sold out are still in the stores here..like the bag and the wallet, the dress, not the coatdress tho..and pants..and jackets and coats..but I think the scarfs were all gone and the ruffle blouses till I returned mine

 

[waxy]

waxy- If MJ did a line it'd be exactly the same as the CDG one because he always copies Rei haha!

hahaha i thought so!

 

[HiHeels]

Are any of the stores restocking? Or is everything just out on the floor? I live in nyc but i couldnt go yesterday..am i just out of luck then?

someone said there was still stuff later that afternoon. i don't know about today. i skipped it.B)

 

[silk_chemise]

someone said there was still stuff later that afternoon. i don't know about today. i skipped it.B)

only left in nyc (and there are tons of these) for women: button up shirts, trenches, ballet looking dress, black wool pullover, cotton polkadot shirts. Nothing else iirc.

no idea re: mens, probably tons of stuff.

 

[HiHeels]

omgd, that video at #659, that is just gross. that is not what CdG is about for me. yuck.

 

[HiHeels]

only left in nyc (and there are tons of these) for women: button up shirts, trenches, ballet looking dress, black wool pullover, cotton polkadot shirts. Nothing else iirc.

no idea re: mens, probably tons of stuff.

oh thank you - very nice for the update.
i'd rather save and save and save and have one CdG item that i treasure than fight or struggle or worse yet, settle, for a piece of over-priced semi-knock off. i've been questioning this for a while, are the clothes more CdG or more h&m? where are they made?
i also wonder if this gimmick brought CdG fans into h&m or if it exposed h&m customers to CdG.
i have to wade through this whole thread i'm sure.
i have one CdG item and i love it.

 

[waxy]

^I've been told that the quality of the CdG x H&M pieces are better than the usual H&M produced items. Some of the items are made in Turkey.

 

[emailme.]

im hoping h&m copies this stuff and make drop crotch pants

 

[John W]

Agree with everyone that nothing is worth fighting for !!! Went to the launch and got what I wanted in Manchester but must admit I didn't see scenes of people fighting over stuff. Thought the collection was OK for everyday pieces. Think morethan likely it coaxed the comme crowd into h and m than the other way round but wouldn't pay over the odds ever on ebay.

 

[loverunway]

Ah it was annoying because I wanted to take something back from h&m in order to buy another CDG piece but didn't have the receipt so they wouldn't exchange bc its limited so i'm trying to get round this by swapping it for another H&M item in order to get a receipt or maybe try to get store credit? idk i hope it works!

 

[loverunway]

I went to all the London branches today in desperation of one of the jackets with no avail I managed to get a deconstructed skirt though which was hidden craftily somewhere. But there were tonnessss of things left in the branches which were : the plain shirts [idk why anyone would buy these] , the MJ-ish tops, those van-ish shoes, the trench coats and perfume and a few dotted shirts. The perfume is the most horrible perfume i've EVER smelt :| It's awful! Don't buy it without smelling it beforehand!

 

[mistress_f]

i went to the store today... i must've understimated people around here!
they only had the cardigans / trenchcoats and the dress (velvet+wool one) left. i wanted the trench, but 38 was too enormous and 36 was too tight on my boobs. no trench for me. the cardis were huge aswell, they looked like pjs on. i went for the dress. i LOVE it and it looks great on (a bit strange on the chest area, i guess i'll have to have so modifications made)

 

[mistress_f]

(lol i've just seen the limited dress on ebay going at 795 euros... WHAT? i'd rather buy something from the main collection if i have to spend 795. it makes no sense at all)

 

[loonaka]

The perfume is the most horrible perfume i've EVER smelt :| It's awful! Don't buy it without smelling it beforehand!

I know..just smelled it today

 

[HiHeels]

i've been thinking about this a ton. as a cdg fan, i couldn't figure out if i was being a snob in skipping the h&m editions, or if i was missing out on an opportunity for affordable cdg. i'd prefer to think it's neither, or maybe a third option - that i'm being a purist. a collaboration is just that, so there is compromise and it's not pure cdg. it might be as good as 80% cdg and 20% h&m, but that still isn't 100% cdg.
i would rather think of this whole enterprise as being a funny new way for rei to amuse and challenge her existing fans, than a way for h&m to stimulate a mass audience who doesn't get it but just can't resist a gimmick. can't know for sure either way, but i don't need any more clothes.