Comme des Garçons For H&M

Oh. My. God.

Comme des Garçons for H&M!!!!

Avantgarde japanese designer Rei Kawakubo's label, Comme des Garçons is doing a capsule collection for H&M, releasing in November 2008, coinciding with the opening of H&M's first stores in Japan (in Ginza and Harajuku). The collection will also be available at other H&M stores

The lable is famous for an androgynous, stark, edward scissorhands sort of aesthetic, and will likely produce men's, women's and children's wear as well as accessories and a unisex perfume for the H&M collaboration. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get my boganny little hands on this collection. Online shopping to the rescue!!!

Of course, CDG is a bit kooky and unusual - it'll be interesting how the deconstruction and craziness translates into high-street collection. The only question that remains is; WHEN ARE THEY COMING TO AUSTRALIA!?!

Comme des Garcons RTW:

Who the fuck is Jenny Bannister?

No seriously. I'd never heard of her until ACA and today tonight did their Zac Posen for Target stories (Must have run out of "Oh noes the azns are taking our jobs" angles) - Jenny Bannister was quoted as leaving the following rather choice comments.

"I doubt you can even buy his real label here in Australia," Jenny said. "If you could, it would be in a very expensive boutique, where Target customers would dare not enter."

"I don't think they're going to be loading up the supermarket trolley, with their boyfriend riding shotgun - as someone said for the Stella McCartney range - because it's sort of an unknown quantity,"

Melbourne fashion designer Jenny Bannister said she expected the Posen range to be "a bit of a flop" because he did not have "bogan appeal".

"The Stella McCartney collection was a great example of the uneducated running off, thinking they were getting a name brand, with some rubbish made in China," Bannister said.

"The little girls who go shopping at Target don't know who he is," she said.

I'm sorry, excuse me? Uneducated? LITTLE GIRLS? FFS WOMAN, WAKE UP TO THE WORLD!!! Has she not been into a target for 30 years? Admittedly, she looks pretty old, but to say that target is only shopped by bogans and the uneducated is a bit ridiculous. And anyway, a lot of bogans are smart too. The funny thing is, she's probably jealous that designers like Yeojin Bae and Alice Mccall have been asked to design for target, thus reaching a wider audience (who might like the designs so much they go buy the real deal later on). The fact is, most people at target shop there because the clothes are affordable yet of decent fabrics and construction (better than most hoity toity chapel street boutiques I'd say) and are bang on with most trends while still remaining cheap. Would you really have paid more than 50$ for last seasons bubble skirt? I don't think so.

The other funny thing is that Jenny Bannisters clothes look a lot like Supre's clothes or GASPs clothes. In fact, the only people I can see buying or wearing her clothes are the Cashed Up Bogan/teeny bopper types who she decries. Isn't that a tiny bit ironic? Now, since there hasn't been a ZP vs JB fight on TV yet, I decided I'd do a ANTM type walk off...of their collections! And just to be fair to JB (so she doesnt feel like her names been taken in vain), I'll use ZPs main line, and not the For 'Targey' one.

JENNY BANNISTER

ZAC POSEN

I think the pictures say it all. Who is winning for you?

Don't forget: Zac Posen for Target on April 3

Latest designer to sign up for Targets 'Designers for Target' line is Zac Posen. Designer to the stars, Zac's high-street line seems to be tailored for a more mature customer - I must say going by the pictures on the website, the designs don't look that great. I will definitely have to see this in store to pass judgement.

Of course, once there are reductions, I might be tempted to buy one or two pieces either way- I simply don't want to spend 200$ on a dress just because its Zac Posen (fortarget). We'll see. I'm praying the tailoring and fabrics are nice - Stella Mccartney for target was terrible. There was only one nice piece - the swing coat (which I own in black). Sizes were all wonky and don't get me started on the shoddy work. Here's to more DFT lines! I can't wait till they feature someone like Camilla & Marc or Thurley.

Some of the pieces I might be interested in (pending reductions hehe)

Brocade Trim Ottoman Dress

Pleated Georgette Shirt (In whisper white)

Ponti Dress (maybe in black)

Wide Lapel Fitted Jacket
Can't decide between the coffee and the black. decisions decisions.

Floral/nature trend

I've been slightly busy the last few days. Lots of social commitments and work and issues at home meant I had precious little time to do have 'me' time, and unload my brain (read pour-heart-into-blog) Had a drinks thing on thursday, pub night on friday, earth hour celebration thing on saturday and worked all day sunday. By the time today rolled around I was wrecked. Having a temp housemate who doesn't give us full rent (long story) has also meant that our finances are a bit tight this month, and that leaves precious little for shopping. Thank god (or the flying spaghetti monster depending on your religious views) for Ebay. I'm always one for a bargain, and when I saw this brand new dainty navy and cream floral shirtdress going at a dollar, I couldn't resist! A few minutes of frantic clicking later, and she was mine:



This was all early in the morning, as I was having my ritualistic 6:30am cup of tea - waking up for me is an hour long process. I need it to get my brain alert, and my mind moving, and most importantly, to set the pace of my day - calmly. Anyway, work passed by uneventfully, the exciting bit came when I arrived home, to find another ebay find in my post box!



Got this gorgeous floral wrap dress for the total of 6$ including postage - brand new with tags! Tried it on and it was a match made in heaven! Can you see a bit of a theme happening with the floral stuff? Its actually big currently in the Spring/Summer 2008 northern hemisphere collections - no reason why we can't adapt it for winter wear! Opaques, this seasons tough leather cropped jacket, some high high ankle boots and you're all set to go. Meanwhile, here are some pics from the runway to inspire

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Oscar de la renta




Matthew Williamson (how gorge is that hood?)






Karen Walker




koi suwannagate (in love with this collection)





Issac Mizrahi

the fabrics looks so floaty in this gorgeous collection




Missoni



John Galliano




and then there's that Balenciaga dress which I won't bother posting a picture of (If you're really curious and have no idea what I'm talking about, click on the link)

so there you have it. Floral is in. Get in while you can, because in spring, supre will be all over it like a nasty rash.

a-thrifting we will go

Went op-shopping today, at savers dandenong. Didn't expect to find anything, but its those days when you actually do score! Found a silver matte Helmut Lang high waisted skirt ($4)



pocket detail:




and a brown/beige Daniel Hechter herringbone patterned boys blazer (fits snug with 3/4 sleeves on me) for $10. very happy.




Oh. and also got the Yeojin Bae for target floral one shouldered dress for...



*drumroll*



THREE FRICKIN DOLLARS!




all in all, a fairly satisfying days op shopping :) Now I'm at home enjoying the rain (yay!) with a cup of steaming hot tea, my legs up, watching the tudors sex it up ;)

hahaha geeks beware!

Bargain, Bargain, where art thou Bargain?

So B's (bf) parents are down in melbourne for easter weekend. B and his dad went off to play golf (roll eyes) while me and his mum, A opted for the more sane, smarter version of walking many many miles; shopping :D We went to Direct Factory Outlets Cheltenham, with the shop till you drop mindset. Unfortunately, DFO had other plans for us.

2 hours of shopping, and we found nothing. Socks and a pair of tights do not count ok? We were looking for fashiony bargains! nothing!! nada. zip. Its like a flock of fashionista vultures descended upon the stores and cleaned them out. Even Tony Bianco, where I can usually count on finding at least one pair of shoes that I like had nothing. Very dissapointing. Managed to find something for B though - pair of shorts. And then, as we were walking out to go to the car, we saw the new Puma outlet. Yes, its not really fashion, but a girl needs her tracksuit bottoms as well. And Voila! Bargaintastic! Bought a pair of gaucho cut lounge pants, 12$ down from 40, a pair of full length chocolate velour with pink lining tracksuit bottoms (very juicy, lol) 15$ down from $55! At least I didn't leave the shops empty handed!

Feeling a bit sick now actually - I think I over indulged at dinner. Slabs of meat just don't do it for me anymore. I would have killed for some salad and calamari. Just chilling out, trying on my new extremely comfy velour pants and watching episode 1 of The Tudors. Mein gott, this is one sexy series. Jonathan Rhys Meyers makes an incredibly gorgeous, hot blooded King Henry, and the bbc-ish style of cinematography is hooking me in already. More on this another day, once I've finished drooling

so what I wore to the shops and dinner:


cotton on skinny indigo jeans (getting old, but so comfy-about to rip at the knee :S)
LE target purple pleated blouse
black tuxedo jacket with 3/4 sleeves
silver/white crackled leather platforms (the platform bit and heels are matte silver)
black mesh clutch with essentials (cards, lip balm and phone) - didn't feel like lugging excess crap around today
Silver ring and tan glass bangle



Close up of blouse: