NO SPOTTED BUT THERE IS ALWAYS TARGET...

I've been visiting family in the Midwest for the last week, so there haven't been any Spotteds really worth reporting, since I truly am in the middle of the land that fashion supposedly forgot. To be honest, though, it's still the jeans, cargos and t-shirts uniform everywhere else in America, only the jeans are definitely not Sevens, Paper, Blue Cult, Rogan, Saddlelite or anything remotely over three figures in price. My middle American sojourn, however, has given me an opportunity to indulge in my favorite discount pleasure, Target, which I don't get to very often. I specifically checked out the new Isaac Mizrahi line, which doesn't look like it may fare well in mainstream America. For one thing, the Target I cruised had stuck all the Isaac stuff in the back, making it hard to find, and chose instead to highlight the Mossimo clothing at the front of the store. It's classic American sportwear with polish, but it did lack that bit of Mizrahi whimsy and sauciness that the effervescent designer is known for. (Although I did open a few of the purses and enjoyed the pink linings, and the crewneck sweaters felt nicely soft.) More fashion-forward (in a more muted, classic way of course) were some Mossimo pieces, some very Marc Jacobs-y mandarin collar jackets and some conduroy skirts with satin piping that would fit in very well with the ladylike thing going on this fall. There were even some satin tops that were worthy Stella McCartney interpretations. Target adroitly diffuses trends more quickly than its competition; I even saw a pair of Ugglike boots on sale, and to be honest, they weren't all that different from the authentic item at all. (A schleppy boot is a schleppy boot, after all.) And at $25, you really can afford to dabble in the trend.

Posted by Kat in Spotted
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