Rumoured: H&M x Shiatzy Chen collaboration

a selection from shiatzy chen menswear FW2009 and SS 2010 / shiatzychen.com


a few thoughts going through my head:

- after karl lagerfeld, stella mccartney, viktor & rolf, roberto cavalli, comme des garcons and jimmy choo, taiwanese designer shiatzy chen is rumoured to be next in the hot and enviable spot for h&m's annual november designer collaboration. rumour even appeared in h&m's wikipedia page.

- it's already august, why hasn't h&m officially announced the designer for their collaboration? announcements in previous years were way back in spring.

- plausible explanation or haphazard guess: a big name designer (first choice) dropped out at the last minute. chen is well known in taiwan, but hardly on the same platform as the other designers who collaborated with h&m

- if h&m wanted a piece of the far east pie, vivienne tam, anna sui, phillip lim, alexander wang, jason wu and even shanghai tang sound like more probable choices. if h&m wanted both womenswear and menswear, phillip lim is the obvious choice. he probably turned them down then.

- not sure if menswear would be included within the rumoured h&m x shiatzy chen collaboration. but the selection above from her 2009/2010 collection look promising.

- will china, the biggest consumer of luxury fashion now, be receptive of a taiwanese designer collaboration?

- even if rumour isn't true, it brought my attention to shiatzy chen, whose collection is pretty good.

- when will h&m announce?



pic credit: shiatzy chen


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