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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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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Lea Michele Is the Newest Candie’s Girl, Someone Got an Andrej Pejic Tattoo, and a Fly Is Named After Beyonce

Lea Michele is the New Face of Candie’s: Rachel Berry is set to succeed Vanessa “Baby V” Hudgens as the latest Candie’s girl. We get that both girls have starred in televised series about high school students bursting into song, but can you really picture the divalicious Ms. Michele accessorizing her Marchesa gowns with a pair of Candie’s? Precisely. {E!}

Man Gets an Andrej Pejic Tattoo, the Permanent Kind: Someone will be walking around for the rest of his life with this tattoo of androgynous angel Andrej Pejic. The new definition of ‘timeless fashion’? {Refinery 29}

Hasbro Trying to Monopolize Clothing: The toy and board game manufacturer is teaming with tee company Junk Food and Jay-Z’s Rocawear for some brand rejuvenation in the form of fashion tees and sportswear. The collections will be available at Kitson and Macy’s, respectively, this spring. Unfortunately, Monopoly money will not be accepted as a payment form. {WWD}

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashionista’s Week in Review: Terry Richardson’s Equinox Ads Cause Controversy, the First Look at Jason Wu for Target, and Our Anonymous Fashion Assistant Dishes the Dirt

Terry Richardson for Equinox Backlash: Another Terry Richardson scandal? No way. This week, Uncle Terry’s new campaign for Equinox proved to be too controversial for some of the gym’s members – but not in the way you might expect.

David Beckham Strips Down for H&M: This week gave us our first glimpse of Becks in his own name brand truly tighty-whiteys, looking absolutely drool worthy–if a tad bit stern.

2011′s Most Buzz-Worthy Models: 2011 was undoubtedly a model year. From Moss to Kloss, take a look at our roundup of the women (and one very young girl) who gave us a whole lotta look in the past twelve months.

A First Look at Jason Wu for Target: Ready for another designer collaboration? Take a look at the first images of Jason Wu for Target. The super adorable and affordable girly collection won’t be out for another month, but it’s not too early to start your wish list…

Naked Guy Photo Bombs Ad for Kids’ Clothing: Beach day, blue sky, laughing children, a naked man…What’s wrong with this picture? That’s a question that probably should’ve been asked before this ad for children’s clothing was released and subsequently published all over the Internet. Oops!

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The Best Easter Egg Inspired Makeup Colors

It’s Easter this weekend, and that means miracles (if you believe in that sort of thing), chocolate, and lots and lots of pastels. In an ode to spring and Easter, we present the season’s best Easter egg makeup. (If pastels make you queasy or want to hit someone, you may want to skip this one.) A word of caution? Use one at a time and use them sparingly.

Click through to see all the sweet looks.

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Fashion Shows

New York Fashion Week: The Ten Best Collections

New York Fashion Week is officially over. Soon, we will be sharing with you the very best from London, but for now it is time for a recap. After much deliberation, we present our ten favorite New York collections. Enjoy!

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Fashion Week Parties

Last Night’s Other Parties: Creatures of Comfort and Style.com

We didn’t make it to the Dazed party at Don Hill’s last night (although we heard a bunch of people got arrested, so maybe that’s a good thing), but we did manage to stop by the Creatures of Comfort New York store launch on Mulberry Street and Style.com‘s 10th anniversary bash, which was taking place just a couple of blocks away.

Creatures of Comfort, a Los Angeles-based brick and mortar store, label, and online shopping destination for Rachel Comey and VPL-lovers across the country, is opening up shop in New York. Owner Jade Lai hosted a party in her expansive new space last night, and tons of our favorite designers were there: Tiffany Tuttle, Comey, Peter Jensen, Victoria Bartlett, Daphne Javitch, and plenty more. And of course Lai around, not only touting her new storefront, but also her INCREDIBLE in-house collection, which both Leah and I melted over. It’s gently priced–in the $150-$350 range–and everything is a mix and match of silk cropped blouses, tie-waist dresses, and loose blazers. Most was made from a delicate crepe, with some cotton mixed in. And the color palette? Seafoam, terra cotta, white, periwinkle…everything we want for spring.

After fawning over the clothes, we chatted with our Carroll Gardens contingency–Izzy from RackedNY, Adele from Epaulet, and Jen from Bird. South Brooklyn is the best.

But soon it was time to head to Lafayette for Style.com‘s 10th anniversary party.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: W‘s October Cover, Tim and Anna’s Beef and the Fashion Ventures of Two Reality Stars

The Newest New W: Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling cover October W, the mag’s second issue since Stefano Tonchi took the helm and it became the “new” W. We love Michelle and Ryan, but we’re kind of getting a flashback to Lars and the Real Girl, as Michelle Williams looks very much like a doll that Ryan is holding in this picture. {Fashion Copious}

Tim vs. Anna: The Saga continues. As you might have heard, Tim Gunn did not paint the most flattering portrait of Anna Wintour in his book Gunn’s Golden Rules, in which he tells the story of Anna being carried down several flights of stairs by bodyguards after a show. Anna, not surprisingly, was not happy with Tim’s comments and now I think Tim and Anna are in the fashion version of a rap war. Tim says, “More than 30 people must have seen it. I’m just the only one brave enough to tell the truth. Lord knows hell would freeze over if I came face to face with her here, but I probably wouldn’t be able to see past her handlers.” {NY Post}

The Situation’s unfortunate fashion situation: Mike Sorrentino is getting serious about starting his own clothing line, starting with trademarking a name. Sadly, Mike lost the bid to trademark “The Situtation” and to make matters worse, some other guy trademarked Sorrentino just last week. How will he make a name for himself in the fashion world now? {Gawker}

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Events

Official Fashion’s Night Out Details Are Up: Our Top 10

The new Fashion’s Night Out website launched today and it’s pretty impressive. You can browse and search every New York event listing and even create your own itinerary.

You can also narrow the 51 pages of listings down by neighborhood, category (men, women, beauty) and/or specialty (block party, celebrity, food). But if you’re looking for, say, ten or so events that are most likely worth checking out, look no further. We reviewed each and every page to bring you the ten FNO events we’re most looking forward to.

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Events

CFDA Awards: Who Won, Who Didn’t and Who Made My Day

Tonight at the CFDA Awards, actor Anthony Mackie said that the event really is like the Oscars of fashion. As one of the few people in the crowd who has attended both ceremonies, he should know.

And it did seem like an abbreviated, less-hokey Academy Awards.

There were skits–Diddy starred in a short that introduced the menswear nominees–celebrity presenters–Isabella Rossellini, Jessica Biel–and even some heartfelt speeches.

Stay-tuned tomorrow for our round-up of the evening’s best-dressed. And now, the winners:

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Fashion Is Fun

Our CFDA Awards Dream Dresses

Lauren will be covering the CFDA Awards tonight (in DvF), and while we’ve already showed you some dress options under $1,000, we’re still dreaming about the designer outfits we wish we could wear.

So we’ve compiled our favorite CFDA-appropriate looks from AW10 and SS10; we’ve got it all from Marc Jacobs to A Piece Apart.

Click through for the best of American design.

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Fashion Shows

Jason Wu: Made for Resort

The proliferation of full-on resort season runway shows makes me a little uneasy, mostly because it feels like most brands don’t need to put on such an elaborate production to sell clothes. (Which by the way, is the main reason for pre-fall and resort collections. They make up a majority of most labels’ sales.)

Yet there are always a few who lend themselves so well to Resort that it makes sense to do it up. Jason Wu is one of those designers.

To me, Wu is this generation’s Oscar de la Renta, which means that no matter what season he’s in, the pieces are both wearable and in one way or another, extravagant. So each collection deserves similar treatment.

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Dana Lorenz, Prabal Gurung, Joseph Altuzarra and Simon Spurr Celebrate Swarovski

We’re not huge on sparkles, but when talents like menswear great Simon Spurr, Fenton/Fallon jewelry master Dana Lorenz and It-designers Prabal Gurung and Joseph Altuzarra create with crystals, we take notice.

This morning’s breakfast at Swarovski’s Creative Service Center–which is kind of like a candy store for designers who love crystals instead of kids who love sweets–celebrated the new shine-heavy capsule collection created by the foursome, along with Alexander Wang, Jason Wu, Eddie Borgo, Richard Chai and Patrick Ervell. Each designer, natch, is nominated for the CFDA’s Swarovski Award in his or her respective category.

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