H&M Comme des Garcons Still Available

Shocking. There are still pieces of Comme des Garcons hanging around in the H&M store at 5th and 42nd Street. Those I saw were women's items inconspicuously hung on the second floor. The store wasn't even a destined store for the collection so how they landed there I can only speculate, they are probably returned items from different stores? They are solid white, black and pink dress shirts, black and pink polka dot shirts, a couple of ruffled white shirts, a black cocktail dress, a few black wool sweaters. They are mostly small or large sizes. If you wear size xs or 10 or 8 you may find something that fits you. If you wear size 4 or 6 then I don't think so.

Previously.

My Comme des Garcons H&M Experience . . .

I finally succumbed to the hype and the brainwashing H&M spam in my inbox . . . I visited the H&M store on 51st and 5th Avenue. I am telling you, there are still merchandise left a day and a half after the Thursday launch, both for the men and women. Like I said before, New York people are pretty jaded. I found at least two size 42 men's suits. It was my size and I actually tried them on. But since I don't wear suit anymore so I left them for somebody else. I heard people say the quality is so and so. But gee for $249 I think the quality is not bad at all actually pretty top-notched. Even the buttons on the sleeve are functional. I don't see that too often for a $249 wool suit. The pants are reasonably cut, meaning not for somebody who is an adult but weighs 90 lbs and with prepubescent waist like 28, I heard Dior and Prada are pretty good at making miniature suits for boy-men. There are plenty of polka dot polo shirts and peacoats. As for the women's side, there are plenty of shirts, pink and polka dots varieties and trench coats too. I say the quality is very much what I expected or a bit better. If you want the real thing, prepared to pay like ten times more.

I say if you find something you like and fits you, it's a buy.

Addendum:
You know I can see why Gap is slumping, even the Sartorialist is no longer saying any good thing about the Gap any more. Instead he is doing a video interview for H&M in praise of its Comme des Garcons collaboration. And Jcrew, the hopelessly unapologetic preppy brand is sliding after few years of success. People need change and nothing changes faster than the clothes at H&M.

Apparently Nobody Gives . . . never mind

The greatest fashion launch of all time doesn't register a beep in New York City. Today, there is absolutely no reportage on the Comme des Garcons H&M line of clothing in NYC. I wonder if there is any lines forming outside of the participating H&M stores in the city. Maybe New Yorkers are just too jaded for H&M crap, or whatever Garcons or Japanese designer she is. Who gives a fuck anyway? Nobody is worth my time waiting in line in the cold to buy some pieces of fabrics.

What I Wore Last Week

I think people are begging for some detailed description (I made that up, of course). I will do my best, just for you people. Clockwise from top left:
Levi's 501 white jeans. I never thought I would wear any white pants after graduating from middle school but there they are. Another gray 501 underneath it, not shown.
Various briefs from American Apparel and Fruit of the Loom.
Day of the Week socks from H&M, Monday all the way to Sunday, though I don't wear them strictly by day of the week.
Various T-shirts from Gap, H&M and American Apparel. I try to avoid polo shirts. I do own some but I try not to wear them. And when I wear them, I make sure the collar is not up like some asshole would wear them.