Isabel Marant brings her French touch to H&M


H&M is proud to announce its autumn collaboration with Parisian designer Isabel
Marant. With her effortless style, Isabel Marant has created a widely
influential and successful take on Paris chic. Mixing urban attitude, boho
elegance and rock ‘n’ roll spirit, she delivers a genuine French allure. For
H&M, Isabel Marant will create a wardrobe of must-have pieces inspired by her
signature style. Available from November 14, 2013, in around 250 stores
worldwide and online, the collection features clothing and accessories for women
and teenagers. Isabel will also, for the first time, create a collection for
men.
“I am flattered by this collaboration: H&M works with the best designers and
this invitation is an exciting honour. I aim at creating something real, that
women want to wear in their everyday lives, with a certain carelessness, which I
think is very Parisian: you dress up, but do not pay too much attention and
still look sexy. The collection is infused with this kind of easiness and
attitude. Everything can be mixed following one’s own instincts: my take on
fashion is all about personality" says Isabel Marant.

“We are excited to have Isabel Marant as a guest designer at H&M. The way she
mixes different elements in her collections, creating a style that is effortless
and urban, makes her very contemporary. She has a fantastic eye for ethnic
detail and the rare ability to create something that people really want to wear.
We are sure the H&M customers will be enthusiastic about this collection” says
Margareta van den Bosch, Creative Advisor at H&M.

Born and raised in Paris, Isabel Marant started customising her own clothes
while still at high school. A graduate of the famed Studio Berçot, Marant worked
her way up the fashion system starting with a jewellery line, then adding
knitwear, finally launching her eponymous collection in 1994. Today she runs an
internationally successful fashion powerhouse with a string of boutiques
worldwide. Her Parisian chic style, a mix of bohemia and masculine tailoring,
grows in popularity season after season.
For more information please contact:

Kristina Stenvinkel
Head of Communications
Telephone: +46 8 796 39 08
E-mail: stenvinkel@hm.com
Camilla Emilsson Falk
Head of Media Relations
Telephone: +46 8 796 39 95
E-mail: camilla.emilsson-falk@hm.com

Please visit www.hm.com/press for press material

Information about Isabel Marant:  www.isabelmarant.com
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synonymous with affordable as well as up-to-date and high quality fashion. H&M
has a wide product range that is divided into a number of different concepts for
women, men, teenagers and children. The company’s clothing collections are
created by its own designers, pattern makers and buyers. H&M has more than
104,000 employees and around 2,800 stores in 49 markets, including franchise
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