designer colabs

I love it when worlds collide - which is essentially what happens when two huge but vastly different fashion empires decide to collaborate. Here are three that are all the buzz right now:

Comme des Garcons and Louis Vuitton (Wow.)
That last bag is so great. Apparently Rei K. designed 6ish bags using the LV signature and these will be for sale for a very limited time in a transient boutique set up in Tokyo.

Lanvin and Acne (Say whaaa??)




Alexander McQueen and Target (No way.)


Read more here.

I hope A. Mcqueen ponies up some serious style. That man is pretty f-ing talented, but it's hard to see it translating to the masses. Therefore, I hope he doesn't TRY to translate for the masses and just goes for the gusto. A girl can dream...

{Images from designboom, hauteconcept, acne and nitrolicious}