Frugal and Fab: Target Designer Launches This Month!

Tonight (April 15-April 16th), April 18th and April 25th are marked on my calendar as Targe’t!  And for good reasons.

April 15th is the 24hr. shopping party starting at 11pm in NYC at 481 8th ave and 34th st.  (Don’t you love NY?)  I figure since my blog (just started at the end of Feb) made the over 1000 visitors mark at the start of this week that I deserve to shop and party (but who really needs an excuse for this, right?)

They’re celebrating and launching the new Zac Posen line (which is not available in stores until April 25th, another date stored on my fashion calendar.)  I can’t decide whether to check out the mayhem on opening night and risk getting stampeded on by some raging Zac-crazed fashionistas or whether to go the next day during work hours where I’ll avoid the mad rush but lose out on the excitement.  Good thing is that they are promising surprises every hour and performances by The Like and DJs Kid America, The Other Will and Luisiul.  I’ll post pictures after the event for you all!

April 18th is the much-awaited Eugenia Kim hat launch. NJ Target, here I come!  I already own 2 Eugenia Kim hats -one is shown below and the other is an outrageously large navy hat once used for a Vogue editorial (see below).  It’s so large I’ve only been able to wear it to a Hamptons polo match and to the Hamptons beach for full coverage from the sun.  Otherwise, wearing it feels totally obnoxious (albeit fashion-forward).  I bought both at a sample sale and look forward to adding another to the collection.

red, swingy mini-dress – Maggy M $26 from TJ MAXX, hat – Eugenia Kim sample sale $150, purse – Guess, heels – Fergie

Fab Decor: Henri Bendel

Henri Bendel is a girly girl’s shopping fantasy come true.  Just its recognizable brown and white stripe logo and shopping bag make my heart pump with joy.  They have the most beautiful collections of: accessories (see their hat collection below), artful makeup displays and in-house branded products ever.  All they need is a fabulous shoe collection to match. 

I’m one of those weird shoppers that really gets into the whole experience.  I browse the products, yes but I also take in all the displays, the signs, the graphics, the packaging and window fronts.  I get inspired by it all and am delighted by all the creativity surrounding me.  Bendel’s has some of my favorite displays and graphics.  Thanks to their famed illustrator, Izak Zenou their store’s interior and general branding are both distinctive and fabulous.  Here’s a look into what I saw at Bendel’s this week.

They make Bendel luggage now!

I like this studded red frame!

This lady found the clear totes so fascinating that she wouldn’t move out of the way and I had no patience for her so here’s the beautiful display… and her backside.

Aren’t these the most precious handmade fashion dolls, ever?

These perfume tester papers were so pretty I had to take one of each home!  I think I’ll use them for bookmarks.  How would you use them?

I wish I could have taken more pictures but Bendel’s big security guards kept me from taking as many as I wanted 🙁

More about my favorite fashion illustrators (including Izak) later…

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