Missoni for Havaianas.  Due in May, four limited edition flip-flop and espadrille styles.  Priced from $60 to $130.  Each pair will come packaged in a Missoni crocheted shoe bag in the colors of the Italian and Brazilian flags.  Visit the Havaianas website here. Also at some Nordstroms. (more…)

Stopped by the Tar-jay at Metropolitan around 1 pm yesterday and the Calypso section was already crowded.  I don’t think all pieces were out yet, maybe 10 styles?  The collection is online, including petite and plus size versions of several styles.  I thought the quality was ok – like all target collabs, the designs lose a lot in the translation to much lower price points.  I guess there is a reason to charge $225 for a beach-y tunic vs. $29.99.  Pics to compare a current C St B tunic to a Target version are below. (more…)

You may have already checked out J.Crew’s In Good Company page for women on their website.

Thirty Five brands on sale online at J.Crew.  Some are exclusive to J.Crew collaborative efforts, like a line of Lulu Frost jewelry, a couple of Timex watches, Cosabella for J.Crew, Selima Optique for J. Crew.  Even, oddly, Essie nail polish for J. Crew.  Most are just brands that fit in well with the Crew’s voice – higher end than they carry under the J. Crew label – like Barbour, Macintosh, MiH jeans, Quoddy, RayBan, LemLem, Globetrotter luggage, Cutler and Gross.

If you’re looking for classic, preppy brands you can’t always find easily, this would be a good place to look. And the list is even longer for men, here. Oh yeah, and kids too, just click around on the site and you’ll find it.

UPDATE: Here from racked.com (the best) is the lookbook for the 34 dresses to be released by 17 designers. Instores & online on 3/13 til 4/10.  A few shots below. (more…)

Whether you like the Target collaborations or whether you think they are a crass commercial assault on good design, you gotta admit it’s fun to see what’s next and how it plays.
The newest news is their collab with beloved designer Calypso St. Barth, due in stores May 1 thru June 11.  This will be a big collection, like the one Target did with Liberty of London.
A “lifestyle” collection with women’s clothing, shoes, accessories, baby clothing, home stuff.  Mostly priced under $60 and all (hopefully) with Calypso’s beachy, casual vibe.  Racked.com posted a lengthy review of the preview, here, and they like what they saw.  If you aren’t familiar with Calypso, check it out here online .

The Feast.com, a blog on Chicago to-do, posted this list of items we can expect: (more…)

Ok, the morning the bags were up online, about half the styles were already sold out.  (Actually, all the good ones are gone.  Just the pink leopard left).   You can visit the site here and see for yourself, but if I were you, I just get over to your closest store and see if you can buy one you like.

Yes!  You can check out the full line of bags due in stores/online this Sunday, thanks to the folks at RACKED.com.  Pics below of several styles, plus you can head over to the racked blog to see all 10 bags and a price list. (mostly around $49)  CLICK HERE.  I wish I were Racked.  In so many ways.
Plus, thru Thursday only, if you “fan” or “like” Target on Facebook here, you can be entered to win one of 25 large Pink Leopard bags from the collection.
And finally, you can also bookmark Target’s Mulberry page here, although there isn’t much up yet.

Jimmy Choo designs 5 styles for UGG.  Available at Nordstrom and online at Bergdorf’s and Saks ($595) and in my worst nightmare ever.  I really was so over Uggs and their spawn anyway, but now…..I’m at a loss for words.  I bet we see these on Michaela Salahi any minute now.  GAAAHH. (more…)