Free Download: Gisele Bündchen – All Day and All of the Night

We walked past an H&M last night and out of the speakers was Gisele Bündchen's The Kinks cover of All Day and All of the Night blasting out. While her version is a bit more polished than the classic 1964 gritty garage rock original it's still sounds really good. We like that her voice has a warm tone and her English accent is so distinct. That alone elevates the cover for sure. It's totally cute too! This could totally be on one of those Hotel Costes compilations, haha. However, we really miss the badass Dave Davies guitar solo making it sound all PROTOPUNK and creates a wonderful personality to the song. Shame! The cover came to be as Gisele is H&M's model for Fall/Winter '13 and is released through them. If you buy on iTunes a portion will go to UNICEF's work. The free download can be found here and and a behind the scenes style video here. Are you gonna dance 60's style tonight?   

Lana Del Rey - Blue Velvet - Full Video Version

Lana Del Rey's cover of the classic song Blue Velvet premiered Monday - and here's the full video for it. It serves in pieces as the TV ads for H&M's F/W '12 and since the aesthetics are full on 1950's along with the designs this is perfect for Lana fronting it. Also since she's scored her second Vogue cover she's a golden girl for 'em! We really like this version and with some David Lynch references you can never go wrong, haha.  

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Lana Del Rey - Blue Velvet - Premiere

Since Lana Del Rey is the face of H&M for F/W 12 what better to have a new single out as well as a tie-in! For the commercials and her re-issue of Born To Die she's recorded her version of the absolute classic Blue Velvet from 1950. It's been covered numerous times, two of the most famous takes are Bobby Vinton's 1963 version, and of course the hypnotising and iconic take by Isabella Rossellini in David Lynch's 1986 movie of the same name. Naturally all of this fits Lana's image perfectly so we're not at all surprised. Her voice fits it like a glove too! Visit our tumblr here for the premiere, we'll update w an embedded stream when it becomes available. Thoughts?

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Versace for H&M - Announcement

Margareta van den Bosch and Donatella Versace announced today that H&M and Versace will be in collaboration this year. Launching on November 17th 2011 and designed by Donatella Versace, the collection will reference the heritage of the brand with Rock ‘n’ Roll influences. Donatella has also designed a pre-spring collection for H&M that launches from 19th January 2012. Donatella took the catwalk last night following the Versace men’s catwalk show during Milan Fashion Week to preview one of the pieces prior to the official announcement this morning. Have a look at the video below! Are you excited?

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Lanvin for H&M - Look Book

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