We're halfway into November and my bank balance has suffered hugely already this month as I've been totally and utterly drawn into the intoxicating world of high street collaborations. But it's my birthday month so I deserve it, right? While I'm trying to get back into the habit of student budgeting and sitting at a desk writing for hours on end, I've also found the time to give my thoughts on the new Archive by Alexa collection and H&M X Kenzo collaboration. It's nice to be integrating a bit of fashion into my blog for the first time, since I am a fashion student and (sadly) not a full time travel blogger.
I loved every piece in M&S's first Archive by Alexa but I didn't feel any of it was very 'me' or wearable to my own personal style. I was very excited, however, in the run up to the release of the second collection as the snippets of things I had seen were definitely right up my street. Unfortunately, the 1st November rolled around and I had overslept (possibly due to my Halloween antics the previous night) so I really missed the mark on bagging my favourite item - the Kirkgate mini - and it had already sold out in my size. I WAS GUTTED. I took a disappointing trip into store where everything was sold out and did a lot of frantic, obsessive online checking until I finally got my hands on it! I LOVE IT. I did feel a little let down by the quality of the more affordable items when I had a look in store. I was kinda intrigued by the 'Aire', a metallic grey shirt with a peter-pan collar and pussybow neck tie but the feel of the fabric completely put me off as it was so thin and crinkly.
The second collab to rob me of my money this month has been the long-awaited H&M X Kenzo collection. I even got up early (!) for this one, to sit at uni ready and waiting when the site went live. It took me almost an hour to actually get into the website which I finally did via the app. I've seen a lot of comments in the fashion world lately about whether the concept of the collaboration has lost its edge now that it's been repeated by so many high street brands but I have to say, I don't agree. The H&M site (predictably) crashed and multiple pieces sold out almost instantly - so the hype clearly isn't dwindling yet. I chose a pure silk blouse with ruffled capped sleeves which I'd planned on buying and then made a rather last minute decision to get the black frill-collar sweatshirt too. I'm actually still kinda undecided about the sweatshirt and my 28 days to return it are running out. I've been feeling v guilty for making such an unnecessary (ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY) purchase and my conscience is trying to talk myself out of it. I read a hilar post predicting the success of some of the pieces over on Manrepeller.com and they named it as the most easily justifiable item to buy from the collection. So maybe I should listen to those guys and keep it... but the collar just doesn't sit quite like I imagined and I'm worrying that my only reason for keeping it would be the thrill of having a designer logo across my chest.
So basically, what we can take from this blog post is that I'm a very naive and easily swayed human being with a shopping addiction, a good wardrobe and no money, hoorah! The era of the collaboration is far from over, in my honest opinion - I'm already looking forward to the next one.
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