According to Elle, H&M won't let anyone wear the Lanvin x H&M collection before the runway show in New York on November 18. Even when worldfamous starlets like Jennifer Lopez and Madonna asked to "borrow" (read: have it before anyone else) pieces from the collection, they were simply told "no". Then why are British celebs like Roisin Murphy and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who don't have quite as much celebrity status as J. Lo or Madge, pictured wearing the dresses at London's Lanvin preview? Even some Belgian celebrities that attended the preview in Brussels were each offered to choose a piece to take home (for free) according to newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.
On the other hand, why would any celebrity with such a high status want to get a piece from the collection? If you have that much power and money, why get a Lanvin for H&M piece, when you can easily afford the real deal? The whole point of Alber Elbaz was to be able to broaden his audience, meaning that he wanted to reach people who can't afford an original Lanvin piece. Plus, H&M doesn't need the celebrity publicity on these designer collaborations, they will sell out like hot cakes in no time anyway. If it were me I would stop whining and get my ass to the nearest Lanvin store or visit Net-a-Porter.com.
