When I’m Wrong, I’m Only Sort of Wrong?
From Rita re: H&M Drinks the Kool Aid:
So, I looked at the website that you linked to, and you seem to have missed that the prices given are in Hong Kong dollars- 1 US dollar is approx. $7.75 Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, that dress is actually $166 dollars, and those penis shorts are approximately $66…
Clearly these are a bit higher than the usual H&M fare, but the designer did make the point that she tried to make these clothes with the same care she puts into her regular comme des garcons collection.
The point is, you can get a lot of things for low prices at forever 21 and h&m, but avant garde fashion really isn’t one of them. And yes, perhaps not everyone can afford even the h&m comme des garcons clothes, but I doubt that lower prices would significantly make more people buy them.
@ 7:18 pm on October 13th, 2008
DAMMIT! I KNEW that rant was too good to be true. And I thought my uber righteous anger was justified. Fine, Commes des Pou-Pou for H&M’s prices aren’t quite as ridiculous as the Hong Kong dollars led me to believe. Whatever. Those shorts are still penis shorts.
(Thanks to Rita, KD and co. for setting the record straight).
Kvelling and Kvetching
Even if those shorts were free it does not negate the fact that they are still butt ugly. Designer name or not if something is ugly its ugly. Besides, labels are worn on the inside.
@ 5:17 pm on October 14th, 2008Whoops! That must be simultaneously relieving and embarrassing. Glad to know H&M hasn’t totally lost sight of their target market.
@ 11:38 am on October 15th, 2008call me 310 860 6262
@ 8:15 pm on October 15th, 2008I loved the rant. I found myself replaying it in my mind this morning. Quoting the different ways you renamed commes de …
@ 9:22 pm on October 15th, 2008Leave a Reply