I was scrolling through Jak & Jil blog today and came across this photo of Anna Dello Russo and her team on their way to Lanvin's SS 2010 show. This was taken back in June 2009.
Anna is wearing the dress on the left from Lanvin's RTW Spring 2009.
Is it a good thing or bad thing that Lanvin's creative team used this collection as "inspiration" for the collaboration with H&M? You tell me. Granted I might be a bit biased since I wasn't impressed with the collaboration collection to begin with, but this strikes me as a bit... dare I say it... lazy.
Okay, so we've all seen the complete Lanvin for HM collection this week and to be honest... I'm not that thrilled. It's so typical of me. Like I said before, although I love the concept of these collaborations, you know, the idea of making high fashion design affordable for the masses, I'm never really wowed by the actual collections themselves.
HOWEVER... I'll give them this: The promo video for Lanvin ♥ HM is seriously, seriously sexy!
So after much speculation H&M announced it today, the 2010 designer collaboration of Swedish fashion retailer is with none other than Lanvin.
Am I disappointed that it's Alber Elbaz instead of Bottega Veneta's Tomas Maier? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. However, Lanvin is known for it's beautifully sleek yet always über luxurious design, so I'm very curious to see what this collaborations produces. Check out what Lanvin's Alber Elbaz has to say about the collaboration.
... oh and I have to admit that I'm also relieved I won't have to do any camping. ;-)