H&M is following the droves of international high street chains making the move into Australia and has reportedly been shopping for retail space for their flagship Australian store.
According to the buzz on the streets, the first store is set to hit lucky Melbournites first although Sydney is not out of the question.
Considering the caliber of designer collaborations H&M has produced in recent years, we are pretty darn excited to be able to shop the brand without having to use a mail forwarding service.
Other reported international brands intending to hit the Aussie market are Uniqlo, Abercrombie & Fitch and Forever 21.
I’m of two minds about this invasion…on one hand its great for lots of affordable outfits, on the other hand it sucks the individuality out of personal style and makes it less fun to shop high street when you are travelling.
What are your thoughts on the high street invasion?
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Their new store rocks
🙂
Hooray!
Awww come to Brisbane PLEASE! I’d LOVE to see Forever 21 come to Australia. America has some of the best clothing stores, but so does Australia too!
so beautiful)
Can’t wait! I love H&M and Forever 21(:
great, but do you think it will cost more in oz as other brands are more expensive in oz compare to other countries
It’s about time Australia was on par with the rest of the world re style availability on the street not just online. Having said that I find Zara boring cheap product that is way overpriced for what it is and could get better quality from some of the local brands like Sportsgirl for same or better price. And going to Melbourne recently compared to five years ago yielded less shopping delight as most things were same as Sydney so yes you do lose some of that local fashion flavour but that’s the way it goes.
sexy1
very exciting and can’t wait to have forever 21 hit out shores.
woo!
yay
Excited 🙂
great idea
Doesn’t matter which city they open up -I’m still going to miss out
Wow.. excellent
i’m also in two minds. yes it gives us access to great brands, but as soon as they have a bricks & mortar presence here the prices will go up to cover the overheads.
happy days
Hope its coming to Sydney.
very exciting
sounds good
Fingers crossed for an opening in Sydney asap!
ohhh keeen for sydney
It doesnt matter too much if another person has the same item, since your personal style affects how you wear the same garment,
Yay for Melbourne! Will definitely be checking it out when it opens….
About time, I cant wait, in love with H & M. Horay
excited!! saying that yes it does take the fun out of purchases shopping overseas.
Finnnnnnnally 😀 😀
YES FINALLY!
it will be so goo 🙂
yeeeeessssss can’t wait for h&m and forever21!!!
can’t wait!
Hopefully they’ll be coming to Perth soon!
when i was in HK, shopping in Forever 21, Uniqlo and H&M was super fun!
Melbourne! Please!
I heard they will be opening up where the old supre store used to be in the old gowings building
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! xx
lucky melbourners sooo jealous
interesting!!
FINALLY!
hmm kinda cool, kinda not takes the fun out of shopping and finding unique things overseas
how exciting!! x
Half the fun of travelling overseas is shopping at different stores.
Do we really want to see people dressed identically across the planet?
This is so super exciting! I don’t have to travel overseas all the time anymore to shop there!!!
Yayyyyyy 🙂
I agree, how many more oversized overpriced stores do we need producing hundreds of the same garment that every second person seems to own. We should be supporting our local labels who provide high quality, soulful and individual designs and inspire creativity!
yippee
Fingers crossed this will actually happen soon!
omg yes H&M!!! please come
Cool style
YESSSSSS! I have kept my fingers crossed for this since returning from Europe last year. Now they’ll be extra crossed for a Melbourne store!
Can’t wait for H&M to hit Sydney!
Can’t wait!
Cannot wait!!
Finally! But please come to Brisbane…
oh interesting!!
This is so exciting! Hope it’s not overpriced like everything else in Australia…
Thats awesome . Very Happy Im from Melbourne
very exciting
awesome its great
Yes! I’m excited!
What I’m really excited about is forever 21! We really need a one down under!
IKR
i think we all are
I am so excited! Fingers crossed for Sydney…