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...Every model and her mother has a line of makeup," says fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. "But Iman's is really right. No one has done a line of cosmetics for women of color in this luxurious, designer sort...
Moreover, two years filled with SARS, terrorism and war in Iraq have destabilized luxury fashion, driving the business and its creative talent down-market. Designers like Isaac Mizrahi and Todd Oldham have taken refuge--and found success--at Target. And even brands like Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein are playing catch-up with Banana Republic and J. Crew, introducing new, inexpensive lines. As one industry insider put it, "None of the [Gucci brouhaha] matters because we'll all be wearing Target and Abercrombie & Fitch in two years...
...certain uncertainty lurked beneath the chiffon-handkerchief hems of every Daisy Buchanan garden-print dress. It is not just a reflection of a shaky economy that has weakened sales and sent once high-end designers like Isaac Mizrahi to Target to hawk $25 silk shirts. Off the runway, the hand wringing was over the corporatization of fashion. Cliquey social critics complained that the mainstream thrust of fashion was diluting its cool factor. And on the runways, the demands of the shows' sponsors were making for some strange scenarios...
...hours after it opened in New York City last week, a temporary Target store ran through its stock of 2,000 shopping bags. The buying frenzy was brought on by fashionistas lunging for new designs like the silk logo shirt ($24.99), left, created by Isaac Mizrahi for the mass-market retailer. "It's a big world out there," Mizrahi said, "and I want to dress everyone...
...this doesn't mean Posen will make it. The fashion business has such a ferocious appetite for the new and young that it grinds them up early and completely. Exhibits A, B and C: the tormented careers of former guys-to-buy Miguel Adrover, Todd Oldham and Isaac Mizrahi...