so in case you were living under a rock, don't check facebook 9,000,565,388 times daily, or are too deep a person to follow frivolous fashion news (for those that fall under this category, watch andrea sachs get TOLD by miranda priestly for thinking the same - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVptO7o4L8), isabel marant for h&m happened last week and yours truly, caajKim, did not purchase a single piece.
i know you're shocked - how can a caajinista such as myself not purchase from a collection produced by the truest caajinista of them all, isabel marant?!?! well, the truth is folks, i did not purchase from the isabel marant for h&m collection for the same reason that i don't go out on halloween or new years - I HATE THINGS THAT CAUSE A FRENZY. maybe it's the introvert lurking deep within me, but i hate when things get too busy, too crazy, too much ruckus, too much excitement. i hate lining up for stuff. i hate getting on a waitlist. i hate purchasing tickets ahead of time. it all causes far too much anxiety in me. i like the red carpet roll-out. i like to breezily saunter into stores without any craziness or hoopla. yeah sure, i'll wait in line for a cronut or a cupcake, but THAT'S where i draw the line. okay, no, i will also wait in line for a burger from shake shack...but THAT'S IT, PEOPLE. (luckily, i am usually the one running late, so by the time i get there, the friends waiting in line are near the front, so it's not so bad and people waiting in line to consume food are not sticklers for line rule etiquette like those waiting to consume fashion..LUCKY DUCKY FOR ME!)
but okay, back to isabel marant. to be honest, all these people talk about how it's so great for these high-end, super discreet designers to do a collaboration to raise awareness, but i really don't understand the draw. i am sorry, but it DOES dilute the brand value, especially when it's a brand like isabel marant who is ALL about discretion and for people-in-the-know, so why would you want to increase mass appeal? it's a slippery slope, my friends - slippery like that last little piece of spaghetti that you just can't seem to capture with your fork. okay actually it's not slippery like that at all - wrong comparison. i guess it's slipperier like an icy mountain you're trying to climb. bottom line, i don't really get the motivation.
but anyways, enough of my musings. all this being said, if there was no line for isabel marant for h&m, no sell-out, no secondary ebay market, no frenzy, no craziness, i would have purchased the oversized blazer, coat, and sequin pants shown below...not gonna lie, they are pret-ty cute and caaj..
i know you're shocked - how can a caajinista such as myself not purchase from a collection produced by the truest caajinista of them all, isabel marant?!?! well, the truth is folks, i did not purchase from the isabel marant for h&m collection for the same reason that i don't go out on halloween or new years - I HATE THINGS THAT CAUSE A FRENZY. maybe it's the introvert lurking deep within me, but i hate when things get too busy, too crazy, too much ruckus, too much excitement. i hate lining up for stuff. i hate getting on a waitlist. i hate purchasing tickets ahead of time. it all causes far too much anxiety in me. i like the red carpet roll-out. i like to breezily saunter into stores without any craziness or hoopla. yeah sure, i'll wait in line for a cronut or a cupcake, but THAT'S where i draw the line. okay, no, i will also wait in line for a burger from shake shack...but THAT'S IT, PEOPLE. (luckily, i am usually the one running late, so by the time i get there, the friends waiting in line are near the front, so it's not so bad and people waiting in line to consume food are not sticklers for line rule etiquette like those waiting to consume fashion..LUCKY DUCKY FOR ME!)
but okay, back to isabel marant. to be honest, all these people talk about how it's so great for these high-end, super discreet designers to do a collaboration to raise awareness, but i really don't understand the draw. i am sorry, but it DOES dilute the brand value, especially when it's a brand like isabel marant who is ALL about discretion and for people-in-the-know, so why would you want to increase mass appeal? it's a slippery slope, my friends - slippery like that last little piece of spaghetti that you just can't seem to capture with your fork. okay actually it's not slippery like that at all - wrong comparison. i guess it's slipperier like an icy mountain you're trying to climb. bottom line, i don't really get the motivation.
but anyways, enough of my musings. all this being said, if there was no line for isabel marant for h&m, no sell-out, no secondary ebay market, no frenzy, no craziness, i would have purchased the oversized blazer, coat, and sequin pants shown below...not gonna lie, they are pret-ty cute and caaj..
