It’s 8.15am when I get to Target for the Zac Posen release and there’s a small crowd of women grabbing sizes while gabbing on the phone with their less fortunate (if wiser) friends who stayed home. One woman asks me to help her keep an eye out for the navy dress that sold out in 30 seconds; she’d elbowed her …
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Give Me Liberty Or Give Me…Popcorn?
The worst thing you can do to someone (moi) who has shopping A.D.D. is to put a lot of bright patterns in front of them, scatter items of such patterns throughout the store, and then send them on a wild goose chase. And so began my scavenger hunt of Liberty of London items at a few Target stores near me …
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Funtastical Art
So this affair I’m having with Target is not quite over yet, because as soon as the excitement over the JPG collection dies down for me, the store releases its collaboration with Liberty of London. If you are a textile fanatic (like me), you would know the happy-mad world of Liberty, where all kinds of whimsical prints can be found. …
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JPG Chez Target
The buzz about JPG (Jean Paul Gaultier) chez Target started last year but the collaboration collection did not arrive at this mass retailer till March 7. I was definitely more excited about this designer than Sonia Rykiel mainly because I have been buying JPG for a very long time. His meshy, soft polyamide fabric is a dream to pack for …
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The Price Is Right
I’m pulling a Tiger Woods and making an unnecessarily public apology today. On the way to shopping rehab I’ve done a complete face plant. Have fallen and cannot get up. My shopping ban has been a total failure; I blame some of it on my weakness and a lot more on the releases of Sonia Rykiel at H&M and Jean …