It should probably come as no surprise that I love fashion, if you've ever seen me at conference. And by fashion I don't just mean designer labels — I mean looking good in my clothes. I mean buying things that I think flatter and fit my shape, and dressing to the nines when appropriate (like conferences!). I also like bargain shopping. I won't turn my nose up at a bargain if the fit and fabric is awesome, believe me!
I was interested in the Missoni collection that Target trotted out this week. Vaguely interested, because I'm not sure how all that zigzagy stuff would look on me. I know that Missoni is important in the fashion world (Angela Missoni is the designer behind the name) and I really kind of wanted to go and try some things on.
But I wanted to do this at my leisure, when I had time. No way in hell did I anticipate the feeding frenzy that would descend on Target once this collection went live. I heard that the Target website was down for hours. And that women were shopping the stores the way they shop the Filene's Basement wedding dress sale (which is amusingly called the Running of the Brides) — just blast in and grab stuff off the rack, then trade sizes until you get what fits you.
No. Way. In. Hell.
There's nothing I need that badly that I'm going to race through freaking TARGET, people, and snatch zigzagy prints off the racks and hope I can trade with someone. I have yet to go to Target (had hoped to go this weekend), but I'm sure it will all be gone by the time I get there. I should have anticipated this. After all, last year when they brought out the Mulberry for Target line, that pink leopard bag I wanted was gone within hours.
I kind of liked this jacket. But it is, you guessed it, out of stock. (This is not the usual zigzag print, obviously.)
I think the lesson here is that real women want designer clothes at prices we can afford. Why does a store like Target pair up with a designer and then not anticipate how well the things will sell? They never did get anymore of the Mulberry stuff in after it sold out. Why not? In fact, I just saw the pink leopard Mulberry purse on eBay for $80. It was only $40 at Target when it debuted.
I love fashion, but I won't go out of my way to get something. I'm not standing in line for hours (did that with iPad, just to see what it was like, and still had to wait weeks to get what I really wanted) and I'm not fighting ladies hell bent on grabbing whatever is there.
Give me fashion at affordable prices, and make sure you've got enough of it! The next thing I'm looking forward to, no kidding, is the Jennifer Lopez collection. I want to see what kind of things they come up with. I think it's in stores now, but I've not had a chance to check it out yet.
What are your thoughts? Any collection you're looking forward to, or love to pieces? Or does it even matter to you? Would you stand in line for a new collection, or say to hell with it like me?
Yep, Target was NOT prepared at all for the response they received. The Today Show had a Target spokeswoman on the show yesterday talking about how they were not prepared for the run on the stores and she was very vague about if they had a warehouse stock issue. Personally, and there is no accounting for taste I guess, but I don’t see the big deal on this stuff, makes me “not fashionable” I suppose, but then someone once said, create your own style, what works for you and to hell with what the “latest” trend is, cause that is exactly what it is: a trend. Won’t last decades like say, Chanel and the little black dress.
@M: Create your own style is always good! But I might have liked a Missoni piece or two in my wardrobe, sigh. Oh, and ponchos are in this year, which I know you like!
@Lynn Raye Harris: I do like ponchos and there are some nice ones out there right now. As a matter of fact Belk has a really cool one that I am thinking about purchasing. Check out their sales catalog.
I didn’t know about the new collection at Target until it was on the Today Show when they were reporting the frenzy. But after I saw that I checked it out and found that there are a few things I would be interested in. Unfortunately they are sold out of everything. I wonder if they will restock everything. 😕 As for the Jennifer Lopez collection. I have been seeing a lot of advertising for that and just saw that Kohl’s has the collections. Maybe someday soon I will go check that out. 😆
@Carrie: I don’t know why they don’t get enough in! And it’s a limited collection, only until mid-October apparently, so they probably won’t even restock. 🙁 We might have better luck with JLo!
I could not agree more.
I like a bargain, but I hate to bargain shop. I hate digging through raggedy piles of clothes in a frenzy, and then just crossing my fingers that it might fit. I like shopping to be a tranquil, leisurely activity, or why bother?
Though I missed all the fuss about Missoni until I saw people talking about it online–which I guess means I missed the whole collection!
@Caitlin Crews: Oh, Caitlin, me too! Shopping frenzy + me = stress. I don’t like it. Much prefer the tranquil experience.
The odd thing about the Today Show is they reported on the collection the same day it went live. The spokesperson made it her business to tell everyone the website had crashed and to be patient. I’d never heard of this Missoni brand hitting Target until that program. Guess I’m out of the loop.
Individually the patterns are pretty but I cannot see buying handfulls of them. Watch people sell them on Ebay now. And charge megabucks too.
I used to go shopping on Black Friday but have since discovered that markups are made to compensate for the sales advertised. Nowadays, I have to work Black Fridays. It’s really not worth the trouble ladies. Believe me.
@Katherine Bone: It was in all the style magazines for weeks, so that’s probably why there was a frenzy. :/
I hear you on Black Friday! I’ve never done that kind of shopping, because when I worked retail, same thing. The deals weren’t really amazing and if you waited, the prices would drop anyway the closer you got to the holiday. The only problem would be when you want something that is super popular. That will likely sell out and not get restocked before Christmas.
I aint zigging and I ain’t zagging! 😆