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im dissapointed............
Proenza Schouler for Target
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kimair said:i went to a target outside san francisco yesterday and they said the collection would be on the floor tomorrow...
the sa said there was one rack that had been delivered already...
it had the hooded sweatshirts, button down shirts, shorts, jeans, and the long double breasted coats...
the funniest thing she said was "do you know anything about her, the designer?"
i said, "actually it's two guys,"
and she said, "oh, are they proenza and shoulder?"
(yes, she said "shoulder")
it totally cracked me up...
Haha. I love it!
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I went to Target today and actually loved the bustier dress! Too bad there was only two left...in size 1 and 13. Neither of which are my size! I asked the floor girl if they're gonna have anymore and of course she said she had no idea.
from the IHT
With Proenza Schouler, Colette will hit a low-price target
Monday, February 5, 2007
NEW YORK 'It's really exciting. We are both really so into it, seeing the huge billboard in Times Square. For small designers, it really gets the name out there," says Lazaro Hernandez of the high-low fashion collaboration between Proenza Schouler and Target that has become a focal point of New York Fashion Week.
Hernandez and his design partner, Jack McCollough, both 28, and rising stars with their label Proenza Schouler, are suddenly seeing their small company go global — and not just with Target, the retail group with 1,494 stores across 47 states.
On Feb. 19, the same range of silk jersey dresses, summery prints, swimwear and Proenza Schouler's signature bustier insert tops, will go on sale until March 5 at Colette, the cool Paris store that has supported the duo from the start of their label in 2002.
The French distribution follows the "Opening Ceremony" boutique, which opened last weekend on Howard Street, in Manhattan, and where Proenza Schouler fans are paying a fraction of the usual upmarket designer prices: from $10 or $20 for a top to $130 for the most expensive items.
In Europe, that will translate into a top price of €100, according to Sarah Lerfel of Colette, who says: "It's going to bring accessibility to Parisians."
"I've worked with Proenza Schouler from the beginning. They have always been very sure of their new silhouette, very chic — but not full of clichés, so that their clothes look fresh, strong and elegant," she says.
Colette's niche collection will bring Target clothes outside the United States for the first time in the company's 45- year history.
The hi/lo concept, famously given its seal of approval when Karl Lagerfeld did a mini collection for H&M in 2004, is spreading globally. Last week, Stella McCartney signed up to design a line for another Target — a different company, based in Australia. But increasingly the U.S. retailer itself is looking at lesser-known designer names who can be given a boost.
John Remington, speaking for Minneapolis-based Target, says that its "Go International" program, which started by signing up Isaac Mizrahi, has since collaborated with Luella Bartley of London, Paul & Joe of Paris and New York- based Behnaz Sarafpour. The American Patrick Robinson will be its summer guest designer.
One thing is already certain: The Proenza Schouler Target line (made in China to bring prices way down) is already a smash hit. Hernandez says that, when a few items were mistakenly put up on the company's Web site, Target.com, there were 4,000 hits — and the items were immediately posted (at higher prices) on eBay.
This past weekend shoppers fought for low-price uptown style under the chandelier of the Opening Ceremony boutique, which temporarily removed its usual stock.
Hernandez acknowledges that such hysteria helps to promote the brand, but he adds that he and McCollough have always been open to the idea of designer clothes mixed with a downtown element.
"For us, it is the way we see our clothes," Hernandez says. "Designers now expect women to buy pieces — a fancy jacket and a pair of jeans. We love the idea of personal style. It is really inexpensive, but it is all in 100 percent silks and nice linen — and we had complete creative control."
Apart from the ethical questions raised by fashion manufacturing done at rock-bottom cost in China, the idea of hi/lo seems beneficial to everyone: the designers whose names get a boost, thus helping to promote and sell the top line; the fast-fashion chains, which draw in an aspirational clientele; and the public, who can, at last, afford to buy their fashion dreams.
With Proenza Schouler, Colette will hit a low-price target
Monday, February 5, 2007
NEW YORK 'It's really exciting. We are both really so into it, seeing the huge billboard in Times Square. For small designers, it really gets the name out there," says Lazaro Hernandez of the high-low fashion collaboration between Proenza Schouler and Target that has become a focal point of New York Fashion Week.
Hernandez and his design partner, Jack McCollough, both 28, and rising stars with their label Proenza Schouler, are suddenly seeing their small company go global — and not just with Target, the retail group with 1,494 stores across 47 states.
On Feb. 19, the same range of silk jersey dresses, summery prints, swimwear and Proenza Schouler's signature bustier insert tops, will go on sale until March 5 at Colette, the cool Paris store that has supported the duo from the start of their label in 2002.
The French distribution follows the "Opening Ceremony" boutique, which opened last weekend on Howard Street, in Manhattan, and where Proenza Schouler fans are paying a fraction of the usual upmarket designer prices: from $10 or $20 for a top to $130 for the most expensive items.
In Europe, that will translate into a top price of €100, according to Sarah Lerfel of Colette, who says: "It's going to bring accessibility to Parisians."
"I've worked with Proenza Schouler from the beginning. They have always been very sure of their new silhouette, very chic — but not full of clichés, so that their clothes look fresh, strong and elegant," she says.
Colette's niche collection will bring Target clothes outside the United States for the first time in the company's 45- year history.
The hi/lo concept, famously given its seal of approval when Karl Lagerfeld did a mini collection for H&M in 2004, is spreading globally. Last week, Stella McCartney signed up to design a line for another Target — a different company, based in Australia. But increasingly the U.S. retailer itself is looking at lesser-known designer names who can be given a boost.
John Remington, speaking for Minneapolis-based Target, says that its "Go International" program, which started by signing up Isaac Mizrahi, has since collaborated with Luella Bartley of London, Paul & Joe of Paris and New York- based Behnaz Sarafpour. The American Patrick Robinson will be its summer guest designer.
One thing is already certain: The Proenza Schouler Target line (made in China to bring prices way down) is already a smash hit. Hernandez says that, when a few items were mistakenly put up on the company's Web site, Target.com, there were 4,000 hits — and the items were immediately posted (at higher prices) on eBay.
This past weekend shoppers fought for low-price uptown style under the chandelier of the Opening Ceremony boutique, which temporarily removed its usual stock.
Hernandez acknowledges that such hysteria helps to promote the brand, but he adds that he and McCollough have always been open to the idea of designer clothes mixed with a downtown element.
"For us, it is the way we see our clothes," Hernandez says. "Designers now expect women to buy pieces — a fancy jacket and a pair of jeans. We love the idea of personal style. It is really inexpensive, but it is all in 100 percent silks and nice linen — and we had complete creative control."
Apart from the ethical questions raised by fashion manufacturing done at rock-bottom cost in China, the idea of hi/lo seems beneficial to everyone: the designers whose names get a boost, thus helping to promote and sell the top line; the fast-fashion chains, which draw in an aspirational clientele; and the public, who can, at last, afford to buy their fashion dreams.
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i drove to the farthest target i coul. they had the grey suede jacket, a red nylon bomber, a black nylon bomber, the denim pencil skirt with yellow belt, the purple skirt with belt, chain print long sleeve shirt, grey silk tank, grey and white striped coat, grey vest, grey sweater, yellow shirt, purple silk dress with print. i tried on the grey suede jacket, both pencil skirts, and the grey silk top. they didn't have anything i had wanted from the collection and i didn't like what a tried on....im sad.
I think I'm with the general concensus of disappointment. Targets around here didn't have any PS stuff until yesterday (the 5th) and they didn't have a lot of the stuff I saw online. Of all the things I tried the only thing I liked enough to buy was a raspberry silk top with extra wide binding trim/sash thingy. I told my mom and she was like "$35 for a shirt at target? no way" So I didn't buy anything. Probably for the best. Nothing fit very well either but I guess that's what you can expect from mass produced garments. Oh well. I guess I will have to wait until I have a good job and I can buy the real thing.
my mother wouldnt buy silk items for me when i was in high school either. join the club
perhaps a lot of parents wont buy for their girls (or let them buy) silk items or "too sexy" garments such as the bustier dress or silk bustier top.
perhaps a lot of parents wont buy for their girls (or let them buy) silk items or "too sexy" garments such as the bustier dress or silk bustier top.
i went to a target today and was a little disappointed by the selection...
nothing by way of a bustier...
i ended up getting two of the simple t-shirts with the rolled sleeve... one in white, one in purple..
i got one of the silk tops (white with the chain print) and the grandma sort of cardigan..
though it might be going back... haven't decided yet...
i went and spent close to $100 and wasn't completely satisfied with what i came away with....
I'm going to check out another target tomorrow so if i decide to return any of today's haul i can do it then...
target.com/go
nothing by way of a bustier...
i ended up getting two of the simple t-shirts with the rolled sleeve... one in white, one in purple..
i got one of the silk tops (white with the chain print) and the grandma sort of cardigan..
though it might be going back... haven't decided yet...
i went and spent close to $100 and wasn't completely satisfied with what i came away with....
I'm going to check out another target tomorrow so if i decide to return any of today's haul i can do it then...
target.com/go
true. I'm not in HS school though.lucy92 said:my mother wouldnt buy silk items for me when i was in high school either. join the club
perhaps a lot of parents wont buy for their girls (or let them buy) silk items or "too sexy" garments such as the bustier dress or silk bustier top.
Just a college student living at home. I think she means she doesn't think target is worth it so I shouldn't bother. Silk is ok and $35 is ok, just not when it's coming from target I guess.
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I can't believe so many of the items are already on e-bay. And the prices they are selling the items for are outrageous!!!
Look at auction number 150088666120...is that for real? Wasn't that dress originally for about $50?
Look at auction number 150088666120...is that for real? Wasn't that dress originally for about $50?
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just got back from target and i am very pleased! my store had plenty of stuff on the floor (michigan isn't exactly fashion capital, that might play a part of it) so i was very excited!
...i bought the black skinny jeans with the stripe down the front and the red striped shorts. the button front pencil skirts were really nice looking- maybe even the nicest looking item they had- but there was just denim and purple and i am holding out for the blue.
very good experience, i would say the best of the go collections 
...i bought the black skinny jeans with the stripe down the front and the red striped shorts. the button front pencil skirts were really nice looking- maybe even the nicest looking item they had- but there was just denim and purple and i am holding out for the blue.
very good experience, i would say the best of the go collections
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well, i went to my local target today and they FINALLY had the stuff out. more than the other target i visited, grey suede cropped jacket, grey chain print long sleeve shirt, grey jacket and silk top. hoodies, and seersucker plaid jacket, black and ink blue silk dress, peach and pink silk shirts....striped minis, grey skinny jeans, khaki pants, palm print sweater and grape viole dress and a ton of other things.
i tried on the mini, the skinny jeans, the voile bustier dress and black/ink silk dress. the bustier dresses fit funny and i almost could get the zipper undone because it was put in wrong and wouldn't glide down over the quilted band. im pretty thin, and not busty (about a 34
the starps sure did make me nervous and it seemed to sit low on the torso, than stay put at the bustline....i tryed a 7 and a 5, the 5 fit better, but one of the cups was crooked and so it fit all weird. the palm print sweater is cute and thick, but kinda old man-ish. the mini fit tight on the bottom and loose up top in the crotch reason....the pants, they looked like i took my BF's pant. very old manish too. well, yup...saw the purple coat too and while i thought it was lavender, it's actually a bunch of fushia dots on cream canvas, so that went out the window as well.
i think im better off buying m by Mj and see by chloe on ebay
i tried on the mini, the skinny jeans, the voile bustier dress and black/ink silk dress. the bustier dresses fit funny and i almost could get the zipper undone because it was put in wrong and wouldn't glide down over the quilted band. im pretty thin, and not busty (about a 34
the starps sure did make me nervous and it seemed to sit low on the torso, than stay put at the bustline....i tryed a 7 and a 5, the 5 fit better, but one of the cups was crooked and so it fit all weird. the palm print sweater is cute and thick, but kinda old man-ish. the mini fit tight on the bottom and loose up top in the crotch reason....the pants, they looked like i took my BF's pant. very old manish too. well, yup...saw the purple coat too and while i thought it was lavender, it's actually a bunch of fushia dots on cream canvas, so that went out the window as well.i think im better off buying m by Mj and see by chloe on ebay
I agree that this is the best GO collection thus far, but I don't think I'll be buying anything from it (and not just because my New Year's resolution is to buy nothing needlessly).
I'm really trying to opt out of this massclusivity notion. I would really dread running into someone else wearing one of these items, especially since I'd probably purchase one of the signature pieces, like the silk bustier.
I imagine those sorts of run-ins are going to happen a lot with this collection, especially in metro areas.
I'm really trying to opt out of this massclusivity notion. I would really dread running into someone else wearing one of these items, especially since I'd probably purchase one of the signature pieces, like the silk bustier.
I imagine those sorts of run-ins are going to happen a lot with this collection, especially in metro areas.
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i went to two targets and found proenza schouler stuff at the second one that i went to. I wasn't terribly excited about the collection, but boy, did i end up buying a lot of stuff. it didn't help that i had a friend with a textile design background that I had just hit Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom with who kept pushing items on me and remarking on the expensive details thrown in at the price point. Unlike the Behnaz stuff that I saw, nothing in this collection was fraying off the hanger...and a lot of it looked much better in real life. i walked away with:
the red & white striped tissue tee
the navy & black striped tissue tee
the purple short sleeve top
the jeans
the palm-print sweater
the bustier dress
the black & navy v-neck sweater
the black & navy silk colorblock dress
i may return some of it, but mostly because the barney's warehouse sale starts this weekend!
the red & white striped tissue tee
the navy & black striped tissue tee
the purple short sleeve top
the jeans
the palm-print sweater
the bustier dress
the black & navy v-neck sweater
the black & navy silk colorblock dress
i may return some of it, but mostly because the barney's warehouse sale starts this weekend!
em 692 said:just got back from target and i am very pleased! my store had plenty of stuff on the floor (michigan isn't exactly fashion capital, that might play a part of it) so i was very excited!
...i bought the black skinny jeans with the stripe down the front and the red striped shorts. the button front pencil skirts were really nice looking- maybe even the nicest looking item they had- but there was just denim and purple and i am holding out for the blue.
very good experience, i would say the best of the go collections
Where abouts in Michigan are you? One of my friends is from Michigan so i'm heading down for Reading week (in about two weeks) and would love to check out Target!
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