Posted: January 24th, 2012 | Author: artintolife | Filed under: fashion, stuff to buy | Tags: British style, designer collaborations, designers, economy, fall 2011, fashion, fast fashion, h&m, haute couture, Jason Wu, marni, mary katrantzou, mass market, popular culture, sale, shopping, spring 2012, target, topshop, trends, versace
Karl by Karl Lagerfeld
Is it just me, or is this whole affordable designer capsule collection thing just spinning out of control? I bet you’re getting tired of reading posts about designer collaborations. I’m getting tired of hearing of them and I am obsessed with the damn things. That suggests to me that something is clearly out of whack. Let’s take stock of the collections since the summer:
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Posted: November 19th, 2011 | Author: artintolife | Filed under: fashion, stuff to buy | Tags: designer collaborations, designers, economy, fall 2011, fashion, fast fashion, h&m, mass market, sale, shopping, versace
OK, I have to make a confession.
– Let me preface this post by saying that this is only for those of you who are interested in fashion and/or shopping. Anyone interested in the more philosophical aspects of this blog will have no interest in this post and shouldn’t read any further. I am capable of more depth than what follows, but there is no question that the superficial often gets the better of me. I find that superficial concerns can be quite funny, which makes life a lot more fun after all. However, for those who like pretty pictures, this post is extremely wordy. In other words, this post should appeal to about two people. I promise I won’t make a habit of this. –
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Posted: November 17th, 2011 | Author: artintolife | Filed under: fashion, stuff to buy | Tags: designer collaborations, designers, fall 2011, fashion, fast fashion, h&m, mass market, sale, shopping, trends, versace
I don’t know about anyone else, but I all of the talk about the Versace for H&M collection exhausts me and there are still two more days until it launches!! Maybe I’m bitter and jaded from the Missoni mess? Tiring from all of these collaborations? That couldn’t be, could it? There is almost nothing I won’t do for great fashion. It’s a little out of control. The day that the Missoni collection went on sale I was reading all of the rants and pleas on the Target Style Facebook page and pointed out to a friend that as nuts as I might appear to be about sales, clothes, shopping – you name it – at least there were people clearly a lot more extreme than I. She laughed and said, “Don’t fool yourself, you’re plenty crazy.” Having admitted that, and acknowledging that I have been excited about the Versace collection for H&M since I first heard about it, and the clothes look AMAZING — even if I’ll look like space woman wearing that fabulous black floral tunic and leggings, I am dying to wear it — I’m kind of stunned that I really cannot bring myself to line up in front of H&M at whatever absurd hour on Saturday (Friday night?) to have some sort of hope of getting into the store while there’s still merchandise. It seems pretty clear that if you’re not there first thing on this one, it will be all over before you know it. So I’m trying to resign myself to what appears to be fact — I will not be getting any of the Versace clothes. You have to understand, for me that’s a little bit heart breaking. But I just don’t think I have it in me to go as nuts as this one requires.
So … in an effort to console myself, and anyone else who is in the same boat, if you can’t get those fabulous Versace leggings, here are some other options:
1. Go RIGHT NOW to Hautelook before these things sell out! Yes, it still involves an element of mania, but at least you can do it easily from in front of your computer in the middle of the afternoon, so check out the Betsey Johnson and Anna Sui sales. No, they’re not Versace — at all, I know — but they’re not a bad alternative (and perhaps a little more wearable). Coincidence that Hautelook is having this sale today? I think not.
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Posted: October 28th, 2011 | Author: artintolife | Filed under: fashion | Tags: designer collaborations, designers, economy, fall 2011, fashion, fast fashion, h&m, haute couture, mass market, sale, shopping, trends, versace
OK, I am all about designer collaborations with mass market venues. Missoni for Target last month — AWESOME! Infuriating in how poorly it was handled by Target, but a great collaboration. Karl Lagerfeld for Macy’s at the end of August — hit or miss, but some truly special pieces. I got a blouse which receives loads of complements every time I wear it. These collections are the work of gifted designers. I would not have the opportunity to own their work under any other circumstances. And I see it as a wonderful development that the general public now has access to beautiful clothes made by talented designers previously reserved for an elite few.
So, I can hardly wait for the Versace for H&M collection to hit stores on November 19. I’m not sure what to do about the prospect of having to camp out in front of H&M before dawn in order to have any hope of getting anything, but the women’s designs are fabulous and I have my eyes on a few things. And yet, I am left dumbstruck by the men’s collection.
from the Versace for H&M ad campaign
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