The buzz was that of all fashion happenings – a queue of it-bags-clad girls at the door, that tingle of anticipation in the air, champagne and canapés, a dj-set, and PR girls running around everywhere and guarding the goodie bags with a broad but fierce this-is-not-for-you smile on their faces (the bags only contained a – very heavy! – copy of GQ and a 30ml bottle of the new H&M+Comme des Carçons fragrance, I really don’t know what the fuss was about). The Comme des Carçons for H&M collection was being unveiled at London flagship store in Regent Street and, short of limoes and a red carpet, the setting was that of a big event. And there we were:
Posts Tagged ‘a/w 08/09’
>> Comme des Garçons for H&M – a comment
Posted by The Wardrobe Planner on November 13, 2008
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>> Comme des Garçons for H&M – preview!
Posted by The Wardrobe Planner on October 23, 2008
So I’ve just received my invitation for the Comme des Garcons and H&M event on 12th November, when Rei Kawakubo’s creation for the Swedish fashion giant will finally be unveiled. And I also have some preview pictures of the capsule collection, which sees the avant-garde Japanese designer engage in a collaboration with H&M after predecessors such as Viktor&Rolf, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld and iconic Finnish house Marimekko.
Now, do you remember the hype about the Marimekko collection a few months ago? I certainly do, as I also bagged myself a couple of pieces! But now, after having seen the preview pictures for the new CdG designs, I’m wondering: am I that excited again? Has Ms. Kawakubo really showed us what she can do this time? And what is it with the polka dots??? No, seriously.
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>> london windows: selfridges – october 2008
Posted by The Wardrobe Planner on October 13, 2008
I know it’s me, it must be just me, but I don’t really get the windows in Selfridges this month.
Don’t get me wrong: they’re as beautiful as ever.
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>> london windows: selfridges – august 2008
Posted by The Wardrobe Planner on August 18, 2008
Japanese mangas meet Nu Rave at Selfridges this month. The windows are a neon feast of structures of fluo tubes and plexiglas cubes in violently bright blues, pinks and yellows. The mannequins are playfully wearing giant-sized cardboard accessories, and amusing plastic animals that seem to have come straight out of a Japanese cartoon share the space with them in the windows.
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>> london windows: selfridges, london fashion week a/w 08/09, february 2008
Posted by The Wardrobe Planner on February 14, 2008
With my job, I am out and about stores a lot, and one of the things I observe is windows display.
In London the department stores always have the most amazing set-ups. Selfridges in particular never fail to impress, especially during Fashion Week. There always is a LFW theme in the windows during the two weeks in February and September.
Have a look at these spectacular paper-cut installations!
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