In fashion news...

[daphnep]

Missoni made a line of clothing and home goods for Target, which launched yesterday, flooding the stores and crashing their website. Within hours, the goods were on Ebay, for much more than Target was offering them for, and some of the items for sale on Ebay at elevated prices aren't even sold out on Target.com, yet. Most things are, though...so I

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[fizzyland]

It made the Los Angeles news yesterday - because women swarmed the local Targets and crashed their website in their quest for cheap stuff with stripes.

[evelynne]

I really like Missoni, and have a Missoni-esque knockoff dress I'm very fond of, but the Target stuff is just dreadful. I managed to get on the web site yesterday and I didn't like anything except the white/gray/black prints (which have a tiny bit more of the subtlety you mentioned). I ended up looking at M Missoni at nordstrom.com to see if they had anything I liked better. Then I went to niemanmarcus.com and noticed that I like the Missoni better than M Missoni. Figures. :P I guess they're going in my Wishbook Folder, because I'm holding out for Pucci first. :)

It's funny, I really love Missoni prints and Pucci prints, but even then the name or style is not enough to get me to buy something. I have to fall in love with that particular print.

[low_delta]

Maybe it will introduce people to Missoni, and they'll all go running out to find the real thing?

[daphnep]

Touché!

[low_delta]

:-)

[daphnep]

The "Strawberries" chain in NYC also has regular cheap acrylic Missoni knockoffs.

And now you can probably get that same skirt on Ebay for $90 or more. :D

[m_fallenangel]

You're probably a shade too young to remember this, but Roy Halston was a major designer back in days of yore. In the late 70s / early 80s his house partnered with Penny's to bring his clothes to the masses and bring the masses to his clothes. The only real impact it had was to cheapen the appeal of his name. Same thing a few years later with Sergio Valenti.

Now, I've seen the Missoni label in Target for years, but it wasn't until news of the run / crash hit the news I knew it was a legit design line. That, I think, says more about my concern over fashion these days than it does about them.

[daphnep]

I think you're confusing Missoni with Merona. ;)

[m_fallenangel]

I think you're right. Thanks for proving my point.

[daphnep]

Ha!