today i love... lanvin for h&m

Unless you've been living in a fashion black hole, where the inhabitants still think leather is only to be worn by bikers, you will no doubt be aware that Lanvin have produced a collaboration with H&M, which goes on sale tomorrow. I am often sceptical about designer/high street collaborations, because they can just be an excuse for a high street retailer to slap a designer name on its clothes and charge much more for them than it ordinarily would. I am also often sceptical of H&M; it's one of those shops where I occasionally find a purchase I fall inexorably in love with, but most of the time find it to be distinctly average, and the quality of its clothes falls far short of that of, say, Topshop's. I have also found some of H&M's past designer collaborations, for example that with Karl Lagerfeld, to be of disappointingly poor quality. But I'm determined to remain optimistic about this one. After all, Alber Elbaz (creative director of Lanvin) is notoriously picky about such things, and once swore he'd never do a mass market collection, so one may reasonably assume that he's been fairly adamant that the clothes he puts his label's name to will live up to his high standards.

And from what I've seen so far, it certainly seems that way. This is not a collection of H&M t-shirts simply emblazoned with the Lanvin name; this is a range of beautiful show-stopping dresses, accompanied by a selection of blazers, tops, shoes and jewellery. Check out the full range on Vogue.co.uk here. My personal favourite is the one-shouldered yellow dress (below); I just love the ruffles and the contrasting black waistband.

The only problem is that the dress still costs £99.99, which, although a darn sight cheaper than a Lanvin dress would normally be, may still prove too expensive for my unemployed self. Upsetting. But if you would like to splash out on any of the delightful pieces, be sure to log on to the H&M website tomorrow at 7am, or fight your way into your nearest store at 9am.

In the meantime, check out the amazing video trailer for the collection below... it's pure bonkers genius.