nykeiko shops: The Alexander Wang for H&M collab [What went down and my haul]

Alexander Wang for H&M keychain

This morning, I got up at around 5:40 a.m. to leave the door by 6 a.m. With a bit of jetlag left in me, daylight saving and urgency to pee, 5:40 a.m. was not as bad as I thought it would be. Dave does not support my shopping but he came out with me. Not to wait in line though. He insisted on coming out with me so that I would be safe leaving the door in the dark (aw!). It also makes him look really good showing up at work so early in the morning :) I got to H&M (on 86th street) at around 6:40 a.m. and was ready to report for Racked. Here's my line blog bit. The wait compared to last year's Isabel Marant wait, was a piece of cake (actually, last year I actually got a piece of cake!) The rain had today was tolerable. Windy freezing temperature is not. A little before 8 a.m., they started letting the first three groups of 30 inside the store. I was in the third group which is the 8:45-9:00 a.m. time slot. The next 45 minutes was enjoyable. Chatting up with new line friends about what they were going to buy and if the Wang outfit on Rihanna was hot or not.

Since I was there reporting, I might as well shop which is what I did. I finished shopping a bit before 9 a.m., tried on some of the clothes I snatched up like; the strappy yellow sports top (small around the torso, loose where my fake boobs are not present) and the strappy fitted dress (couldn't even pull it pass by hip). I left those behind and checked out with the boxing gloves keychain ($12.95), a water bottle ($12.95) maybe for someone's holiday gift?; a sports bra medium support ($39.95) for a friend in Montreal (She was in line early in the morning too for launch in Montreal but there's only one H&M in the whole city that stocked the collection and hundreds of people already lined up. I offered to pick up her top item because the chance of me getting it was higher.) and the gray cropped scuba sweater ($59.95) that looked ridiculous on me but since it's a highly-coveted item, I snatched it up. It's better to grab it then to regret later. So in all, I basically got nothing worthy! I didn't even miss work for this and actually got to work before most of my coworkers. Win!

More pics after the jump...

In pictures: Prabal Gurung for Target at Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal

Prabal Gurung for Target -nykeiko.com

Collab: Doo.Ri for Impulse at Macy's...

Why does miss sick pale zombie girl gets to be on main page of the Doo.ri Macy's website is beyond me. She makes me feel sick just by looking at her. Straight from the movie Contagion...Anyway...

 
The collection looks super stylish and comfortable. Here are a few of my favs...

Let's go for a picnic or walk in Central Park

"Let's celebrate in a fancy new cocktail lounge in Meat Packing"

Easy breezy beautiful...

I feel like a piece of art

To wear for anything...

Is it me or designer collaborations are everywhere now? It used to be an H&M thing right? Or maybe I just notice them more now since I live in the States. I missed out on Karl Lagerfeld's collab for Macy's and I happen to find out about Doo.ri collaboration in a newsletter ad this morning. Doo.ri is not a well known brand and so there was no hype around it. I own a little black dress from Doo.Ri by Underligne and I wuv wearing it. Doo.ri has classic constructed clothes and easy to wear and pair with accessories.

I love designer collaborations because I don't have the money to afford the real stuff! Most of the collection is under $100 and dresses range from $45-85.

I just heard about a Manolo J crew collab coming soon.

xx