Happy Halloween Versace
When I was first informed of the Versace-H&M collaboration, I was nothing short of ecstatic.
It ran through my head: You mean, the high fashion designs currently gracing the runways of New York, Paris, and Milan will be available for everyone’s browsing pleasure at my local mall? Yes please!
As I opened the already bookmarked H&M website, my reaction was nothing short of spitting out my morning coffee all over my computer screen.
Yes, I understand: Versace will always be Versace. This is suggesting that I honestly shouldn’t have expected any type of normalcy from what they were going to produce. I would just like to say, however, that I did expect something, I don’t know, wearable?
The first piece that caught by attention was the epileptic fit-inducing pants in the Men’s Apparel section. As I usually don’t browse the men’s section, I suppose I’m not the most reliable source for what is currently ‘in’ with men’s fashion. But as a woman, I know that if a man wearing those pants approached me for conversation, my first question would be “What party theme did I miss?”
Probably not the reaction most people would hope their outfit evokes from another person…
Another piece I would like to briefly comment on is a unique adaptation of the overly ridiculed, never-okay Hawaiian shirt. The average person does not want to appear like a high-fashion tourist. Another unfortunate miss for Versace.
- The third and final strike for me was Versace’s interpretation of a flapper-esque 20’s inspired dress. Between the glitz and the palm trees, my eyes couldn’t decide where to look…except away.
Thankfully, there were some surprisingly tolerable pieces mixed in with the Carnival-Luao motif the line had been visually assaulting me with until that point. I liked their take on the little black dress accented with a high-waisted patent leather belt. Another win for me was the yellow 60’s-inspired mod dress.
You can catch a glimpse of Versace’s H&M line in your local store around mid-November; unfortunately, not soon enough for Halloween. I’d be interested to see what the readers have to say about the line after it’s been released, but until then, stay lovely readers.