by une_impasse » Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:25 pm
The H&M collaborations are always a bit controversial because people always try to find underlying motives other than a simple mutual promotion for H&M and the designer but sometimes it's really not more complex than H&M offering a designer or house the chance to make a capsule collection, and the designer(s) seeing it as a fun project outside of the typical fashion week cycle. I was hoping it wouldn't be T copies so I'm pretty pleased with it, and it is pretty democratic as it allows people who don't have access to Wang or high fashion in general, be in social or economic reasons, to have a chance to own a designer item.
Quite frankly I'm sure they picked him because Isabel Marant and Margiela were pretty big duds, neither had major commercial appeal in the way Wang does (although the Margiela pieces remain my favorite and the only ones I haven't given away) and they either wanted or needed to pick someone with buzz and draw. Any kind of moral dilemma should be focused on people who will line up and then resell it for a profit, which I think is just plain rotten. I'm aiming for the accessories, and I'll probably wait to see what clothes go on sale because nothing really draws my eye.