men's diffusion, finally

So, we're all familiar with the Target designer lines, yes? Good.

One thing that must be noticed is that those lines are all specifically geared towards womenswear. Where are my guys at? No menswear? Boo hoo ):

But wait, there's more! Our wonderful friends at Macy's have come up with an exclusive menswear line, at an affordable price too! The line is called Thread & Heirs and it's due to release next Spring in 200 Macy's stores across the nation. Are you excited? I am! The designers of the Ruffian line (Brian Wolk and Claude Morais) will be the first designers to take up the Thread & Heirs helm. Their inspiration is "Williamsburg" I, for one, am definitely intrigued. The pricepoint is $24-$99. Finally someone's looking out for the guys who want to gussy up on occassion, but not bust their wallet!

And here's a little taste of Thread & Heirs:

photo c/o New York Magazine

QUESTION OF THE DAY:

What's your viewpoint on designer diffusion lines? I'm a struggling artist/student, and that means I don't have a lot of money. So, I personally love diffusion lines; these allow us to get that high end label without breaking the bank. What's your take?

JP and the Mad Men

Hello all! The rumors were true! John Paul Gaultier will, in fact, be doing a line for Target. We've already seen the lines from other established designers Alex (McQueen that is) and Anna Sui. Who's excited for that? I know I am!

Well, I've learned that each designer who has designed for Target has chosen a muse as inspiration. Anna Sui picked the Gossip Girls and Alexander McQueen chose Leila Moss. Our friend Mr. Gaultier has chosen - can you guess?

Hint: He's designed for this female performer before.

Got it? YES! It's Madonna!!!

Does that mean Target is going to do spiral cone boobs? I guess we'll have to wait to find out [:

In other news, the show Mad Men seems to be sparking a lot of fashion attention. Fashions from the show as well as other product lines will be produced for Mad Men fans. Brooks Brothers has produced a gray Mad Men Suit (limited ed.) designed by the costume designer of Mad Men. A dress as well as a myriad of other products are soon to follow.

p.s. there is no question of the day, instead I'll post a...
PICTURE OF THE DAY:

all information and photo c/o New York Magazine

rodarte for target

Here are some pictures from the Rodarte line for Target.

It features some interesting prints and textures (and it's got bows!).

QUESTION OF THE DAY:

What do you think of the Rodarte Sisters' Target collection?

here's johnny!

Ready for it? John Galliano Spring 2010! Fun play on texture and color, and the vapor bubbles were my favorite [:
They fell from the sky and when they touched ground the vapor dissipated all about the runway, yay.

So here, enjoy !

to see the whole show, click here

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
I love flocked fabrics and crunchy sculptural feeling fabrics. What about you, what's your favorite texture?

the stars align for estrella

So by this point in time, we've all seen Emanuel Ungaro, yes? So after looking at it some more, I've concluded that i't's not completely disastrous, there were some good pieces. But as I've said before, it's just to sad that new Ungaro designer, Estrella Archs' talent goes unnoticed beneath Lohan's giant publicity shadow. Let's not forget that she's quite a good designer (she's worked at Hussein Chalayan, Emilio Pucci, Prada, and Nina Ricci). Although not all the pictures are up, here are a few from her own Estrella Archs show:

And what's more is that she looked genuinely happy after her own show. Remember the earlier post? The one with the picture of Estrella looking not so starry-eyed? Well here's the comparison:

Awww, she's so happy [:

QUESTION OF THE DAY:

In recent news: Project Runway the video game? Will you play?

p.s. Estrella today, John tomorrow (Galliano, that is)!