Let's Collaborate!

Been reading tweets about this for a couple of weeks already. Now it's official!

H&M continues its collaboration with top fashion designers. This time with Lanvin! With their artistic director Alber Elbaz at the helm, this will be a definite success.

H&M to collaborate with Lanvin

Fast-fashion retailer H&M is collaborating with fashion house Lanvin for a fall collection. Designed by Lanvin’s artistic director Alber Elbaz and menswear designer Lucas Ossendrijver, the collection will go on sale in about 200 H&M stores, launching Nov. 20 in North America and Nov. 23 elsewhere.

“H&M approached us to collaborate and see if we could translate the dream we created at Lanvin to a wider audience, not just a dress for less. I have said in the past that I would never do a mass-market collection, but what intrigued me was the idea of H&M going luxury rather than Lanvin going public,” Elbaz said.

The collection of womenswear and menswear will “bring to H&M a luxurious French tradition that is also modern and playful,” said Margareta van den Bosch, creative advisor at H&M. “It is very much a Lanvin collection, using their cut and tailoring, with lots of focus on form and details for both women and men.”

Lanvin is the latest brand to collaborate with H&M, with previous collections designed by Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Comme des Garçons.

The Lanvin for H&M collection will be revealed through a film that will be launched Nov. 2 at http://www.hm.com/.

(article from LA Times)

Isn’t that close to Thanksgiving?! That’s gonna be chaos in a fabulous way! If only I was in NY…

STILL REIGNING FASHION DIVAS!

We played Sartorialist last night when the 315 Girls, sans our Bacolod Barrio lass, met up for dinner at Portico in Serendra. We wouldn't be 315 Girls if we didn't look hot in our own individual styles. I just had to take pictures of our outfits and as you can see, we really did try to live up to our reputation as fashion divas.

It was like old times for us. Our dinner conversation was full of fashion tidbits, wedding plans and other future plans. Tin-tin and I are crossing our fingers for Alisa. She just might work for Gucci in Milan as a business analyst. Best of both worlds! She'll still be crunching numbers but for a fashion house! We have our own selfish motives for being excited for her. Gucci bags at discount!!!

Check out our fashion pictorial below.

Notable Item/s: The length of the pants and the black tights makes the gold shoes from People are People pop even more.

Notable Item/s: The cute belt with ribbon from H&M and sexy skinny jeans, also from H&M make this whole look feminine but edgy. Check out the Gucci bag and black patent shoes (below) from Mauro Leone, a local Italian brand.

Notable Item/s: I love the ballet flats from French Sole, the mother of all ballet flats, and the eye popping red Coach bag. Individually, the items are very neutral and simple but put together, the whole look is a classic.

Oh, and check out our rings! It's Alisa's pasalubong for us from Milan. It's so simple but really unique!