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Today was the debut of Matthew Williamson’s capsule collection for H&M which was held at the Avenues branch. The collection combined vibrant neo 80's colors with some hippie chic vibe to it. Apparently, the store was open to the public around 9am, so by the time people got there around 10-ish, the racks were pretty much almost empty. There was no sign of the short sequined dress that was donned by a lot of celebs, it was either the first item that got sold out or was not there in the first place. Two of my fave items of the collection were selling like hot cakes: 1) The pink fuschia dress with padded hips and 2) the cobalt blue suit. Some items were very mediocre and semi-overrated. I also liked the mint green skinny jeans and the studded belt which was also sold out as soon as I turned my head to the other side. There wasn't much time to think of what to buy/try on. If you don't grab it instantly, forget about it. Here are some photos of the event:
I hated the cardigan shown above, the embellishment was a bit on the tacky side. I actually liked the men's collection even more! It was a mixture of preppy hippie cool. The men's section was untouched, so guys.. I think you still have a chance to buy from this capsule collection.
The verdict? I'd have to say that I was slightly impressed with the quality of some of the items of the collection. It'd def 10 times better than the Cavalli one. I'd like to see new designers teaming up with H&M like Jason Wu or Peter Jensen. A word of advice to the event planners, try canapé next time instead of the huge Starbucks muffins and croissants..
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Although I did get some items, the ones I was there for I guess are not meant for the regular customer!!!!...which sadly is the target customer of H&M. I wonder what H&M head office would think about today's BEYOND unprofessional launching of the much awaited collection..sad...very dissapointing!!
The problem is that H&M Kuwait did not mention opening hours of the launch. I'm sure a lot of ppl would be there that early if they only knew.
AnonymousI agree, it should have been announced properly and opened to the public at its regular hour. They could have had their VIP event on a different day so that both groups could get pieces of the collection.
if u remebered the buttons were made for the cavalli h&m collection
i think its more attractive collectin than this
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I have bought MW for years and years before it even became popular and now own an entire closet of his main line and let me tell you, this collection was pretty darn good!
His main line embroidery is not THAT much better than the peacock one on the cardi. the yellow kaftan is beautiful with the chinoiserie print so is the white embroidered chiffon blouse. Got an almost identical one from main line in black :)
overall, big thumbs up.
cavalli was so poor, so was comme and viktor and rolf.
the stella and the karl collections were not bad although karls collab had bad quality issues too!!
seems that u came late dear it was a very wide collection =)
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The last time a H&M and designer collab was this good was with Viktor&Rolf...
Judging from the men's collection in Jeddah, I was pretty impressed, I got those beautiful deep blue jeans with the studded waist line (my friend got the hot pink ones) and the floral shorts.
However I was disapointed for not finding my other favorite MW item, the deep green shorts!!!!
They did not have it, nor did they carry that sexy studded bike jacket, in grey and black.