H&M posted mysterious black and white videos on their Facebook fan page a few days ago announcing another designer collaboration, playing the suspense card since the designer was never announced  which created a lot of speculation.

After their previous efforts with Victor & Rolf, Madonna, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld, and Jimmy Choo being the latest, I had high hopes for this secret design collaboration. And, they didn’t let me down.

An announcement today from the company, coming a few days earlier than expected, announced that their new designer collab is with Lanvin, a Swedish retailer. The collection will be a one-time holiday line, launching in 200 H&M stores countrywide on November 23rd. Little will be said about the collection until November 2nd, when H&M will be launching videos of the collection on their website.

I’m excited about this collaboration because of Lanvin’s elegant and classic aesthetic, but like most of the past H&M collection launches, I’ll probably be staying far away from the ridiculous lines.