Simone Rocha is H&M’s next designer collaboration
H&M London-based Irish designer Simone Rocha is the next collaborator with H&M, with a collection launching March 11, comprising clothing for women, men and children—the first time Rocha has completed a collection for the entire family. Each category includes a full wardrobe. Also under the Simone Rocha × H&M banner are jewellery and pearl-embellished footwear. […]
H&M’s new Conscious Exclusive collection to feature Eastman Naia Renew cellulosic fibre
Lucire is the first fashion partner of UN Environment. One of fabrics used by H&M’s Conscious Exclusive autumn–winter 2020–1 collection, being released December 1, is Eastman Naia Renew cellulosic fibre. Naia Renew is made from 60 per cent certified wood fibres and 40 per cent recycled waste plastics, including carpet fibres and plastic packaging—traditionally […]
H&M Studio channels the 1970s, with Irina Shayk, Jameela Jamil, Sasha Lane, Indya Moore
The 1970s have well and truly returned, and we don’t just mean with the uncertain economic mood. H&M’s Studio collection for autumn–winter 2020–1 reflects this, too, with a collection called The Refined Rebel, inspired by the 19th-century writer, Violet Paget (who used Vernon Lee as her nom-de-plume), and her residence at the Palmerino villa in […]
Putting the brakes on fast fashion
Lucire is UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner. Abigail Beall’s statistics in a recent BBC report about clothing recycling make sobering reading. She writes, ‘Around 85% of all textiles thrown away in the US—roughly 13 million tonnes in 2017—are either dumped into landfill or burned. The average American has been estimated to throw away around […]
Johanna Ortiz × H&M: full collection to drop on March 12
Matt Jones Recognizing the power of the Latin American market, H&M’s full collection with Colombian designer Johanna Ortiz—who has both a following in her home market as well as the US—will launch in March with 19 pieces. This follows the four pre-drop dresses. Like the initial pieces, the collaboration features an exotic colour palette, […]
Giambattista Valli × H&M’s Roman spectacular: a homecoming at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
Valerio Mezzanotti; Nowfashion On Thursday, Giambattista Valli × H&M held a catwalk show at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Roma, Valli’s home town, and a fitting setting for the opulent collection. Valli, who left for Paris at a young age, saw the setting as coming full circle, and says that his home town had shaped […]
Kendall Jenner, H. E. R., Chiara Ferragni, Li Yuchun lead Giambattista Valli × H&M campaign
Mert and Marcus/H&M While the look book for the Giambattista Valli × H&M collection features a line-up of professional models, the campaign has bigger names—already previewed in part by the celebrities who wore the pre-drop collection at AmFAR at Cannes earlier this year: Kendall Jenner, H. E. R., Chiara Ferragni, Clara 3000, Luka Isaac, Li […]
Giambattista Valli × H&M look book released in full
Hennes & Mauritz has shown the full Giambattista Valli × H&M look book featuring the women’s and men’s collections. The look book has been photographed in Roma, Valli’s home town, by Kyle Weeks, and styled by Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert. Oslo Grace, Leslye Houenou, Mara Kasanpawiro, Kohei Takabatake, Luka Isaac and Tom Rey model in […]
Joan Smalls, Stella Maxwell, Indya Moore, Barbie Ferreira, Rowan Blanchard attend H&M Studio launch
Joe Schildhorn/BFA Before New York Fashion Week starts in earnest, H&M showed off its autumn–winter 2019–20 Studio collection at the 632 on Hudson townhouse in Greenwich Village on Wednesday evening. Guests including Joan Smalls, Stella Maxwell, Indya Moore, Barbie Ferreira, and Rowan Blanchard attended the show, hosted by influencers Carlotta Kohl, Zsela, Babba C. […]
Andreas Rentz/AmFAR Doing a big announcement when the world’s press already happens to be there is a pretty smart move, and H&M has done just that—revealing at the AmFAR gala at the Festival de Cannes this year that its next designer collaboration, launching November 7, is with Giambattista Valli. Helping Valli and H&M’s creative […]
