H and M

First Look: H&M Spring 2009 Collection

Corey Moran, Mens Editor December 4 at 10:30 | Comments

Find more photos like this on manindie

We featured a quick preview of this collection by H&M a week or so ago, and now thanks to Hypebeast we have the entire collection. The looks are bright, colorful, and have amazing versatility allowing you to make a ton of great looks. This is a collection to keep an eye out for Spring, especially if the economy doesn’t pick up soon.

First Look: H&M SS09 Preview

Corey Moran, Mens Editor November 19 at 11:51 | Comments

Here is a small little preview of the H&M Spring collection, and I can’t say I love it, only because H&M seems to photograph better then it actually appears. The suit looks great, and could be a nice (cheaper) alternative to a Thom Browne suit. Not sure how I feel like the push for men in pink again, pink has always been a really tough color to pull off really well.

Thanks to The Fashionisto

Because Men Do It Better!

Corey Moran, Mens Editor November 13 at 8:56 | Comments

Along with every other eager fashion crazed New Yorker, I found myself standing outside H&M this morning to battle my way through the doors for some sweet Comme des Garcons collaboration love. However, the sight was not what I had anticipated at all. My mentality all week had been that I had a better shot of getting the clothes than our female employees based on the fact that I am a guy, and less guys would be willing to wait in line for a something of this variety. My mentality couldn’t have been further from the truth!

When I walked up to H&M I couldn’t help but notice how badly the guys out numbered the girls. Granted that probably 20% of the guys were there to buy clothes for their girlfriends, but still it was impressive. Then to top it off, the guys clothes was gone so fast I had time to walk over to the girls section and watch the feeding frenzy ensue.

I thought that maybe this was just at my location (34th and 7th ave.), but when I rendezvoused with Daniel after his trip to the Herald Sq. store he had a similar story.

Could this be a changing of the times? Are the new fashion craving folks men? As a male in the fashion industry, I really hope that this is true. I feel that men need to play a bigger roll in fashion, and the fashion market!

The Debbie Downers: Mike & Chris

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor November 13 at 4:26 | Comments

I got two hours of sleep last night, nearly missed my 8:00am class, and was caught in the rain during a pranked fire alarm while my omelette got cold and soggy inside. But who cares, today marked the day of the Mike & Chris sample sale, an epic fashion event I was sure to exploit. An excellent remedy for my day if you ask me!

So, I’m headed to the subway when I get a depressing call from my roommate, probably one of the biggest Mike & Chris fans I know. Apparently, the W 36th street location was completely empty, lights off, without product inside and a sign on the door saying that the merchandise never showed up and the sale was cancelled until further notice. Awesome.

Yesterday I reported that the brand is rumored to be going belly up. However, the sales director at the California base refuted that statement and claims that the company is merely “restructuring.” So that’s what they call it when the company mysteriously doesn’t pay their employees?

Dear Mike and/or Chris: Whoever the screw-up is that failed to show up with the clothes, advise him/her to flee the country before I sick all of my fashion-savvy friends and his/her ass. As for you two, get your shit together and don’t waste my time again…I could have been duking it out with the thousands of people at H&M for Comme des Garcons.

Trust me, I’m not one of those girls who will tell her readers a sample sale is cancelled just so I can have the best pick in the store (although, that’s not a bad idea…) If you don’t believe me, check out Racked…they posted the bad news too!

Collaboration Lines: Do Buyers Really Care?

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor October 21 at 5:47 | Comments

Roberto Cavalli for H&M

Jonathan Saunders for Target

Comme des Garcons for H&M

We’ve all seen the clothing and accessory quality at Target and H&M. Cheap fabrics. Plastic or malleable metal buttons. Torn seams. Awkward fitting. Yes, occasionally you do find that specific piece that looks great on you and others expect you paid a heap of money for, but we all know how rare that can be.

So, with all of these recent designer collaborations with what i’ll call “cheaper stores,” what exactly is their point? Are designers simply trying to make their typically expensive clothing lines more affordable for the fashion conscious crowd? Have Target and H&M paid the designers a hefty sum just so they can attach a brand-name to their usually generic clothing? More importantly, are the labels all that important? We already know that the brand-loving fashionistas are going to strip shelves clean on the November 13th release of the Comme des Garcons by H&M line, regardless of price or quality, just for the sake of the label. But do other fashionable buyers even care?

People who love fashion for the sake of fashion usually buy because they like the piece, not the brand. And even if they happen to be brand chasers, who honestly wants to buy a collaboration of their favorite designer if it doesn’t even correlate that particular label’s aesthetic?

If you ask my opinion, I would rather pay the money for the high quality and unique garments of a specific designer. The fact that it is cheap doesn’t matter because it is 9 times out of 10 exactly that, cheap. And don’t forget, If Jonathan Saunders is selling his bold geometric sweater dress at Target, everyone who’s anyone in the Target vicinity will own it. Before you know it, the whole world is going to be one huge common, unflattering, poorly stitched ball of Jonathan Saunders sympathy for people who can’t afford his real stuff.

Katie Holmes!? In the H&M Comme des Garcons Line!? Before me!?

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor October 17 at 1:15 | Comments

There are several things wrong with Katie Holmes flaunting her polka-dot top from the Comme des Garcons H&M collaboration line. First of all, the line doesn’t even hit stores until November 13th and seeing yet another celebrity wearing it around town makes me that much more jealous. Now that people have seen celebrities sport the collaboration line, I bet that by the time I make my way to H&M to check out the line on the 13th, everything will be sold out! And wait a second…doesn’t Katie Holmes make enough money to buy the real Comme des Garcons? That’s almost like Bill Gates going to his local homeless shelter and eating the free split pea soup! Save the collaboration line for us fashion obsessed poor people!