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Apple iStuff not the only thing people will line up for in the Back Bay
By adamg on Thu, 11/05/2015 - 8:10am
Melissa Sullivan shows us the line outside the Newbury Street H&M, where people are dying to get their hands on some of the Balmain clothes worn by Kardashians and their ilk.
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Dude at the end of the line
Is PREPARED.
And of course people will buy
And of course people will buy tons of them only to resell them on EBay or Amazon Market for a significant markup.
Probably not
There's not much of a reseller's market for H&M swag, even if it is a collection.
Did you see the run on
Did you see the run on Missoni et al for Target a few years ago? This will sell, even if it IS garbage.
There really is
After Flying Off Shelves, H&M Balmain Selling for Over $2,000 on eBay!
http://www.newsweek.com/after-flying-shelves-hm-balmain-selling-over-200...
This has been happening since their first Special Collection years ago.
I was wrong
First time for everything I guess. Although that's pretty sad.
The world is Kardashikrazy.
The world is Kardashikrazy. Here's what happened at another store when the door opened...
Filene's
Modern Day "Running of the Brides" ?
I'm sitting here...
slackjawed over this.
I keep rewatching this, keeping my eye on the woman in the red shirt and also the person who grabs the empty rack and tries her best to get away from the madness.
Think of it this way
Rich people who want these things will spend the money to not have to actually spend time shopping for these things.
People with time and no money will participate in this spectacular spectator spectacle in order to get that money.
Kind of the end game of capitalism run amok and oligarchy.
Oh come on...
Capitalism run amok? This has nothing to do with capitalism and everything to do with people being obsessed with "reality" tv stars.
I think Swirly's referring to
I think Swirly's referring to the reselling on Ebay phenomenon.
If you were rich...
....couldn't you afford real Balmain? Isn't this stuff a knock off in terms of quality?
My clothing choice can
My clothing choice can elicit the same reaction, except that people tend to run in the opposite direction... I have actually acquired a certain level of fame within my entourage for my cluelessness and complete lack of interest regarding fashion and style. If I find it’s lying on the sidewalk or hanging on a chain link fence and it fits; I’ll happily wear it. If not, there is always the Goodwill outlet store on Harrison Ave. (that’s where they sell the stuff that didn’t make it to the regular Goodwill store). It’s the anti-Newbury St. and I find a lot of kindred spirits in that place; I love it
Congrats
You're a hipster, and not unique by any means.
Contrast with lack of lines
Contrast with lack of lines on election day....{sigh}
Well, this pays better...
Well, this pays better...
Those people can't wear Kardashian clothes.
Their butts are WAY too small.
au contraire
1. Almost everything you see on any given celebrity - but especially one with, shall we say, an uncommonly voluptuous figure like Kim Kardashian's - is extensively tailored. They don't just buy that off the rack and throw it on, believe it or not.
2. I haven't examined any of these clothes myself, but I know that H&M has been making their clothes much more straight-up-and-down in recent years. Their clothes are much more suitable for someone with curves like an arrow than for someone like a real-life Jessica Rabbit.
This nation
is doomed....