Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be...Donatella.

So I had originally seen a couple of dresses in the Versace for H&M that i thought were really nice but i was having loads of problems getting on the H&M website to see the collection, what with it being the most user unfriendly website i've experienced and everything.

Anyhoo, i entered a competition to get 10 minutes shopping time prior to store opening and as i did like some of the stuff I thought what the hey. As luck would have it i won! Woo Hoo! Cue trip to Birmingham, slap bang in the middle of Versace pandemonium. It was mental. There were massive queues and everyone had ten minute shopping slots allocated by coloured wristbands with the front of the queue getting the earliest and so on and so fourth. I thought this was a really fair way of doing things and like that they imposed shopping limits to stop mass buying. By the time i entered the store at 8.50 they were giving out 11.45 wristbands and these people really stood no chance of getting anything.


It was very easy to get caught up in it all. Black gloss window displays with platinum blond wigs and long limbs. Although they didn't have the cimple strappy dress i originally wanted in that store, i bought a few pieces that caught my attention although i do feel i was slightly influenced awaiting hoardes and the 10 minute limit. It turns your browsing a little frantic as you can imagine. I got the Studded gladiator skirt, fur gillet, a pink and leopard scarf and capped sleeve black dress which is too small as the dresses come up well small! The dress was in a garment bag and the carriers were fussy but quite spectacular. Again adding to the overall shopping experience which had it not been for the baiting crowds, would have been lush.

However now i am back to the mean streets of the East Midlands, i'm wondering if the clothes are passable for my everyday life. I keep trying them on then hanging them in my wardrobe and i can't help thinking they look slightly out of place. Like your fabulous friend that is always way overdressed for every occasion.

I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and see how we bond over the coming months, there could a a Donatella lurking in me that has not yet been unleashed but for now, i'm still reminiscing over designer/collaborations past that were a bit more in line with my usual style...x Talia