Oh dear: despite claiming that this post sent them tons of traffic and helped them sell lots of clothes (they’re the ones commenting as “Get a Life” below), Mary Meyer Clothing, who were the sellers of the item featured here, have taken great offense at the post which originally occupied this space, and threatened to set their lawyers on us unless we removed the images.
We’re duly complying with that request, but will point out that this is a humour site, which doesn’t seek to cause any offense to the retailers whose products we poke gentle fun at. At the end of the day, when you set up a fashion brand, not everyone will love what you do, and you can’t really stop people from having or expressing an opinion about it. Luckily for us, most of the brands featured here are able to have a sense of humour about their appearances on TFP, and realise that the traffic we send them is a reasonable trade-off: after all, not all of our readers will agree with us that the item featured is ugly, and those who like it will buy it regardless of what we say about it - we’re just not that important, although we are, of course, flattered that some people apparently think we are. In other words, all visitors are prospective customers, regardless of how they got there, so telling us you don’t want our traffic is a little bit like cutting your nose off to spite your face, especially when you’ve just left us a snarky comment giving your email address as “youhelpedussellourproduct”.
Still, as we say, we’re not here to cause offense, and it’s clear from the tone of the comments from this company and their threat of legal action that they’ve been taken the post very seriously, so it’s now been removed. Now, on with the show…
We know Halloween has been and gone, but that’s OK, because this isn’t actually fancy dress (although it could be argued that it is A fancy dress): it’s by Romanian designer Lana, and it’s a customisable piece which is not only made to your measurements, but can also be made with your Facebook profile on the front. (Well, it would be a bit weird to have some random chick on your chest, wouldn’t it? Although, maybe not that much weirder than having your own face on your chest, we guess. Something to ponder…)
The site selling this dress cheekily promises you’ll get “all the ‘likes’ and comments you crave” while wearing it, but we’re going to let our readers be the judge of that. Do you like the idea of wearing Facebook? Or do you find yourself wishing for a “dislike” button right about now?
OK, who wants to kick off the betting on how much the yellow dress will be selling for on eBay a few days after the Lanvin for H&M drop on November 23rd? The ticket price is £99.99, but we reckon it – and many more of these pieces – will sell for much more than that, which kind of defeats the purpose of a designer/high street collaboration, but that’s always been the way of it, hasn’t it?
You were distinctly underwhelmed when we brought you news of the forthcoming Lanvin for H&M collection, so we’re wondering if this quick look at some of the collection will change your mind at all? We actually like this much more than we’d expected to, especially the party dresses, which manage to retain the true Lanvin style, despite the lower (although not exactly “low” price points). Our reservations, as with all of these collections, are that:
1. Because it’ll only be available in selected stores, some of us have no change at all of ever getting our hands on any of it, making it as unattainable as REAL Lanvin
2. Having to stand in line for hours and fight over the H&M dress racks doesn’t really appeal, nor does the slight “fashion victim” stigma that lines like this inevitably carry.
All of that said, though, if some of those dresses were to find their way to the police HQ, as if by magic, we wouldn’t be in any rush to kick them back out again. Especially not the yellow one. That’s just crazy talk.
Tell us, though, readers: what do you think of the collection? Will you be queuing up to buy it on the 23rd?
As October 2010 becomes nothing more than a memory, let’s take a look at some of its biggest fashion crimes, which will be burned on our brains forever, in no particular order…
So, the whole pantomime horse vibe? We’re not feeling it. We know, on this side of the pond, tis soon to be the season and all that, but we just can’t get on board with the patchwork fur look. We’re sorry, but that’s how it is…
Really, though, if you’re going to do the patchwork fur thing – and charge over £10,000 for it – at least make the finish look polished – rather than tacked together at the last minute!
If you’d like to shed out over ten grand on a coat you can do so here: Fendi sable coat, £10,785.26.
It wouldn’t be Halloween without a photo of Heidi Klum dressed up in some weird and wonderful costume, so without further ado, here a quick roundup of what the celebs’ wore for fancy dress this Halloween. Enjoy!
‘Aubree’ duchess satin dress
