H&M and Millennium

One (or three) of my favorite books are Stieg Larsson's Millennium Triology. Although every book has around 600 pages, I still remember my excitement when I red first part in just 2 days. Book I have read before wasn't boring at all and had 100 pages, but I needed at least one month to read it, so that proves how delighted I was when I read the first part called The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. First I read it in English, so I have all tree books in English, but when it was translated in my language, Croatian, I also bought all three book in my language. Than there was Swedish movie (3 parts of course), and I watched them all and now Americans are shooting their version, so I can't wait to see it. One of the main female caracters is Lisbeth Salander, skinny girl, always in black and covered with tattoos and piercings. She has suffered from every type of abuse imaginable, is aggressive, unforgiving and cares very little about how she looks. And why am I talking about that?
Well, that caracter inspired a must-buy collection for the chain H&M, all under Trish Summerville's direction. Summerville is the costume designer for the English language film adaptation of the novels starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.
Her 30-piece collection for H&M has all the ominous urban feel that defines anti-heroine Lisbeth's character - but it is also surprisingly wearable and of its time.
Leather and dark denim features heavily. Jackets, skinny trousers and slouchy hoodies also all come in industrial shades of black, grey, worn white or dark red.
Boots finish off the style, whether they be high-top trainers, an urban platform wedge, or some pre-worn leather boots.

The collection will debut exclusively at the boutique Colette in Paris on November 28, with its own dedicated in-store area. It will also be available from December 14 in Divided departments in around 180 H&M stores worldwide, as well as online.


Jedna (ili tri) od mojih najdražih knjiga je Millennium trilogija Stiega Larssona. Iako svaka knjiga ima oko 600 stranica, još uvijek se sjećam svog uzbuđenja kada sam u ruke dobila prvi dio The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (ili u hrvatskom prijevodu Muškarci koji mrze žene) i pročitala ga u dva dana. Knjiga je bila tako dobra da nisam mogla ići spavati i jedva sam je ispuštala iz ruku, a tako je i bilo s druga dva dijela. Koliko su me knjige oduševile ( vjerujte mi ne sjećam se neke koja me ikada toliko zainteresirala) dokazuje činjenica da sam knjigu prije, koja uopće nije dosadna i ima jedva stotinjak stranica, čitala više od mjesec dana.
Onda je snimljen i film - Švedski (sva tri dijela, naravno) koje sam također pogledala, a trenutno se snima i američka verzija trilogije i jedva čekam da i to pogledam. Jedan od glavnih ženskih likova u knizi je Lisbeth Salander, mršava djevojka prekrivena tetovažama i pirsinzima, od glave do pete obučena u crno. U svom mladom životu pretrpjela je sve i svašta - svakva moguća zlostavljanja, agresivna je, nikome ne oprašta i u biti joj nije pretjerano stalo do njenog izgleda. A zašto govorim o njoj?
Pa, lik Lisbeth inspirirao je Trish Summerville za kolekciju za H&M. Ona je kostimografkinja američke verzije filma u kojoj glume Daniel Craig i Rooney Mara.
Njena kolekcija se sastoji od 30 komada i ima sve ono što opisuje lik Lisbeth, ali je iznenađujuće nosiva. Koža i tamni traper - jakne, uske hlače... dolaze u crnoj, sivoj, bijeloj ili crvenoj boji. Kompletan styling upotpunjuju čizme, bilo da je riječ o visokim tenisicama, urbanim wedgesicama (imamo li mi hrvatsku riječ za njih?) ili kožnim čizmama koje izgledaju iznošeno.

Kolekcija će se premijerno prikazati u trgovini Colette u Parizu 28. studenog, gdje će imati cijeli jedan posvećeni dio. Također će bit dostupna od 14. prosinca u oko 180 H&M trgovina diljem svijeta, kao i online.




And yes, you should read these books if you already haven't done that. (and sorry for my bad English)