Fashion, Crowds and Chaos: Roberto Cavalli at H&M and Supreme's Nike Air Trainer Launch

Dudes, I feel like it's "crowd chaos day" in the fashion world. Racked has tons of coverage of how nutsy the crowds got at the Roberto Cavalli for H&M and at Supreme for the launch of the Nike Air Trainers TWII. Fistfights? Police? "Bitch I'm gonna cut you"? It's all kind of disgusting, if you ask me.

I understand that these type of events are designed for publicity and make higher-end design more accessible to people. I'm all for fashion democracy, which is why we like to report on it. But there are ways of handling this sort of thing -- I think Uniqlo did a fine job when their Phillip Lim collaboration launched -- and H&M does it poorly. (I'm also a little surprised that H&M doesn't see the legal liability in all this.) I've been off H&M for awhile now, what with their higher prices, their shoddy construction and cheap fabrics and a disenchantment with fast fashion in general. (Plus, I hate that potato sack shit that's been in the stores for the past season.) I think this is pretty much the nail in the coffin for me and that store!

ETA: Oh, I just got an email from someone who said that a group of dudes came in, lifted an entire rack and ran off with it? No doubt Ebay pirates, who are probably the worst.

Posted by Kat in Fashion
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