I feel like I've sort of feel like this is somewhat of a late statement given that the show was eons ago and I should have reacted sooner than that… but here goes anyway… I actually genuinely liked House of Holland's S/S 10 collection. Henry Holland sort of made it slightly impossible for me not to like it as he made the paint swatch his chosen motif of the season and applied it through pretty thoroughly. I used to specifically go to B&Q when I was about 12 and take different paint swatches and then line them up in an album, kind of like what you do with stickers but I did it with paint swatches. I'd organise it by shade, matt, glossy, pale to dark. This ridiculous book served no purpose other than to instill the notion that everything would be ok in life just as long as my paint shades were well kept. I guess the show should have been a cringey reminder but I'm not exactly ashamed about my tedious teen years.
Though the garments are a little out of my reach, I'm glad to see Henry's stuck to his route of accessibility and instead of ¬£30 slogan tees, this season, it's ¬£10 tights in a coffee cup. I picked these up in Selfridges this morning but you can pre-order them on My Tights if you're not in London. The lilac and blue ones are mine and the black ones are for the sis…. I'm hoping I can relive my paint swatch collecting days with the tights and whatever goes on top of them.
Love the colors of those tights!!!
Really cool!
Oh this is definitely fast fashion. Liking the sound of these lilac ones…might have to pick some up too!
That is a super idea and I, too, loved that collection! I really want the tights.
Delicious! Love his alphabet print ones too.
Tamsin x
Lovely and what great packaging! Tights to go 🙂
Susie you’re my hero, mytights.com is in CDN dollars! So rare to find, thank you, thank you, thank you!
I might be “dating” myself here, but they remind me of LEGGS.
That is so cool!
And I used to do the paint swatch thing too! haha. But I kind of cut them out and made like a kaleidoscope pattern. Oh I was a happy kid in B&Q.
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Unlid them! Let’s see those swatches! haha
Hah, I used to work in B&Q, and people always used to mess the paint swatches up in the massive holders and it used to drive me CRAZY! If I was working the late shift, you could always find me in the paint isle, putting them back in order…
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What a clever way to package ’em! Might have to snap up an alphabet pair for myself.
I always used to take free paint swatches from the hardware store too! For some reason, I always found them fascinating.
whaaaaat!
how cool!
oh i need to get my hands on one of those.
I love these, I bought the black for myself, still haven’t tried them on. I’m glad they weren’t as pricey as the Chanel two-tones.
brilliant idea and design, very different:)!!
OMH! I used to do the same thing with the paint swatches!?!? I thought I was an odd child! I also had a phase of doing it with sweet wrappers! Wonder where my books of random crap ended up!
The tights look fab and such a great price!
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wow. really love the tights gotta go get some myself! and i love the PRETTY POLLY HOUSE MOCK HOLD UPS in mytights.com!!!!
Clever and fun packaging – I’m not a HH fan but I’ll give him fun and endeavour any day.
that is such a cool way to sell/store those tights.
That’s a cute idea!
Ooh the packaging is so clever!
That’s some innovative packaging right there. I’d be less reluctant to take a “tight break” with co-workers instead. Sounds fabulous.
This idea is so cool, i love it!
& the tights are all gorgeous.
Cool design!
Genius packaging! I love the blue one.
-meream
very nice layout on yr blog!
pls what is the name of the headline font?
thX R.*
I want those. Will order some immediately.
These are brilliant.
I’m a sucker for clever packaging, love these! 🙂
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strangely I love this post (for the story? I don’t know :)) it’s kinda endearing?
p.s. this is the first blog I’ve commented on!
I’m planning to buy a pair (as soon as I find out the code for the $3 voucher that I was supposed to receive)! I saw these a few days ago! and what cute packaging!
i love these! just ordered the alphabet tights 🙂
mytights ship internationally woop! i’m awaiting the stocking and the alphabet pairs, have never been a henry holland fan for the vibes but the clothes are fabulously accessible and actually wearable!