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Did Target Work Out Its Website Issues for the Jason Wu Collection? Not Really, According to Our Writer’s Firsthand Account

After the disaster that was Missoni for Target, one would assume that Target’s online team would have worked out all the kinks for the Jason Wu launch. Unfortunately for many who hoped to get their hands on a Jason Wu for Target piece, the experience was as frustrating as ever.

The first sign that perhaps things would not go well was the Target Style team’s response to the many inquiries about when exactly the collection would launch online:

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Jason Wu for Target Fallout: 11,000 Items Currently on eBay and Two Re-Sellers Buy Out the Entire Collection in a Miami Target (We’ve Got Video)

Well, that was fast! Since going on sale at midnight on February 5, Jason Wu for Target has almost completely sold out–and over 11,000 items are already on eBay.

Though this time the online launch went a little smoother than Missoni for Target’s infamous site meltdown (but not without a few hiccups–read our first account later today), items still went lightening speed quick. We checked this morning and there is currently only one item still available online–this pleated blue top.

Brick-and-mortar didn’t fare much better, with most locations selling out of some items within minutes. But the worst story we’ve heard of yet is the midtown Miami store whose complete stock of the collection was bought by a couple with the intent to resell, as the video below, sent to us by a tipster, shows.

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EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes of the Marni for H&M Commercial with Sofia Coppola (Plus a Look at the Commercial)

By Friday, Feb 3, 2012 / 9:06 AM

One of the reasons we’ve been so excited about this Marni for H&M collection, besides the fact that it’s Marni and we love Marni’s prints and quirky intellectual aesthetic, is that Sofia Coppola was involved and, well, we’ve always sort of had a girl crush on her. She was tapped to direct the commercial for H&M’s latest collab, out March 8, and we’ve got a first look at a behind-the-scenes reel from the shoot, plus the final product. Read more »

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Alberta Ferretti is the Next Designer Tapped for Macy’s Impulse Line

Macy’s is on a roll. After releasing collaboration lines with Karl Lagerfeld, Matthew Williamson, Giambattista Valli, and most recently Doo.Ri, the mega-retailer has just announced Alberta Ferretti as the next designer collaboration for their contemporary Impulse line, WWD is reporting.

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Chrissie Miller’s Sophomore + Kmart Team Up to Solve Fashion Week Problems

By Monday, Jan 30, 2012 / 4:52 PM


Here’s something that we never saw coming: hip downtown clothing line Sophomore is partnering with Kmart Fashion. Really.

Sophomore has teamed up with the mass retailer for a limited edition tee shirt, and it’s actually pretty cute! It features the slogan “#FashionWeekProblems,” which is the hash tag Kmart Concierge at @KmartFashion will be using this Fashion Week to help out those in need during the shows. The idea is that if you tweet at them with the unique hash tag and your fashion week woe, someone wearing the Sophomore shirt will arrive with whatever you need, from lip balm to tights (an available metered cab would be ideal, too, wink wink). Read more »

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Sneak Peek: More Marni for H&M

By Monday, Jan 30, 2012 / 9:07 AM

A reader tipped us off to an editorial in this month’s Vogue Russia featuring a whole lotta Marni for H&M. The collection doesn’t hit stores in the US until March 8, and so far the hype for the collection hasn’t reached the same level it did for Versace for H&M–but it’s still early. We saw an ad for the collection last week featuring ‘it-girl’ actress Imogen Poots and according to Vogue UK, the full campaign hits February 8. But based on what we’ve seen in this Vogue Russia spread, shot by Robert Wyatt and styled by Kimi O’Neill, a frenzy will surely ensue–especially for that color-blocked orange PVC top, those hot pink shorts, and those awesome statement accessories.

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Blake Lively, Emmy Rossum and More Turn Out to Fete Jason Wu for Target

The launch party for the much-anticipated Jason Wu for Target collaboration went down last night in Soho, and – much to our relief – instead of finding ourselves amidst the type of mass hysteria that surrounded the kick-off of that other Target collab, we found a charming Parisian wonderland – complete with street lights and Laduree macarons – populated with pretty major Hollywood actresses.

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First Look: Marni for H&M Campaign

By Friday, Jan 27, 2012 / 9:00 AM

This has been a big week for collaboration and diffusion line reveals–Karl for Karl Lagerfeld just launched, Jason Wu for Target was feted last night, and we got a sneak peek at Doo.Ri for Macy’s this week, too. But don’t forget about H&M’s next big collaboration (and arguably the one we’re most excited about) with Marni. The collection launches March 8 and the Fashion Spot dug up this campaign image.

We have no confirmation on this, but TFS commenters theorize that it looks like Brit actress (and face of Chloé’s fragrance), Imogen Poots. Read more »

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    Best. Ever. Watch Karl Lagerfeld Interview Himself

    By Thursday, Jan 26, 2012 / 9:53 AM

    If you have eight minutes of down time today, do yourself a favor and watch this video. In it, Karl Lagerfeld interviews himself about, well, himself. Sure, it’s probably an easy film-making technique, but we wouldn’t be a bit surprised if Karl actually has a klone of himself walking around to help him do things. Anyway, Net-a-Porter produced this video to go along with the launch of Karl by Karl Lagerfeld, which, in case you’ve been off the planet recently, is his new lower-priced line that launched on their site yesterday. The Karls talk muses (it’s not a “nice” word), improvisation (he never plans out what he’s going to say), and how to be chic (there are peasants in “poor rags” that are chic–if you have to ask, you’ll never be chic.) Most notably, he seems to get a dig in at Galliano, saying: Read more »

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      Doo.ri Chung’s New Line for Macy’s Has Something for Everyone: Check Out the Full Collection

      You might not be too familiar with New York-based designer Doo-ri Chung. Despite her serious fashion cred (her first job out of Parsons was working in Geoffrey Beene‘s sample room with Alber Elbaz) and being able count First Lady Michelle Obama as a client, she still considers herself a “very small, very young” niche designer without a ton of name recognition. But that should change come February 15, when her capsule collection for Macy’s contemporary fashion department ‘Impulse’ hits 185 stores and goes up on line. Chung is the latest in an impressive list of designers to design capsule collectons for the mass retailer–a list that includes names like Karl Lagerfeld, Giambattista Valli and Matthew Williamson (to name a few).

      We got a chance to chat with Chung yesterday as she previewed her collection–a wearable mix of Chung’s signature draped jersey pieces priced between $39 and $159–at hot Hell’s Kitchen resto Danji. In these collab-happy times (in the last few months alone we’ve seen Versace for H&M, Jason Wu for Target, and Missoni for Target work shoppers into a frenzy) Chung was still hesitant about doing a collaboration.

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      Massive Jason Wu for Target Billboard Starring Milu the Cat Goes Up in TriBeCa

      By Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 / 3:00 PM

      February 5, the date that Jason Wu for Target hits stores, is fast approaching and so campaign efforts have increased. Check out this massive billboard going up in NYC’s TriBeCa. Using just a cat–the mischievous Milu, known as Wu’s muse for the collection–to sell the line? We obviously love it.

      Check out the full Jason Wu for target collection here. What are you planning on buying?

      See the billboard in stages.

      Photos: Christopher Peterson

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        Karl Lagerfeld Shoots Lingerie Look Book for Alleged Former Underage French Prostitute, Zahia Dehar

        Zahia Dehar may be an unfamiliar name here in the US, but she’s tabloid fodder on a grand scale over in Europe. She caused a furor in France back in 2010 when it was revealed that she had slept with several prominent French footballers for payment (about £2,000 a night, according to an article in the Telegraph at that time). Prostitution is legal in France, but you have to be 18 to peddle your wares, and she wasn’t.

        What does any of this have to do with fashion, you ask?

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