Queue for Cavalli, would you?

The father of glamour (and animal prints motives) might be in New York for the launching of his collection for H&M, but right here in London is where the fun happens.   With queues having started at 6am this morning, crowds of girls – and guys – could be seen snaking around the corner and down the street in the hope of bagging the best buys from the latest designer collaboration from the Swedish label, which in the past has created ranges with Viktor & Rolf, Stella McCartney and Karl Lagerfeld. "It's amazing. There were 250 to 300 people in the queue and we were handing out goodie bags," said an H&M spokesperson as the store was being quickly emptied by shoppers grabbing armfuls of the collection – despite having been told to go "slowly, slowly" by the man on the door. Bringing us the glitz and glamour for which he is well known and at affordable prices, the collection comprises 20 menswear pieces and 25 womenswear pieces as well as lingerie and accessories. High on everyone's hit list this morning? The maxi-length leopard print dress which, if it hasn't already sold out, is bound to by lunch. Roberto Cavalli at H&M goes on sale in 200 selected stores worldwide today.