Thakoon for Target

The economy has affected us all, and it has even influenced our shopping habits.  We’ve all heard the talk of a ‘V’ shaped economic recovery, suggesting that once we’ve hit bottom, we’ll trend upward without looking back.  While I’m usually an optimist, I’m more inclined to believe that we are in a ‘W’ shaped recovery where we will hit bottom twice before trending upward to a full recovery.  With this in mind, we must be mindful of our budgets, but still remain fabulous and stylish.  Mixing our wardrobe with higher and lower-end pieces has never been more essential for the woman who loves fashion.  Here is a list of the top five collaborations of high-end designers and mass market retailers.  They are:

• 1. Karl Lagerfeld- H&M
• 2. Jimmy Choo- H&M
• 3. Proenza Schouler- Target
• 4. Matthew Williamson- H&M
• 5. Thakoon – Target

There are so many great Twitter fashion sites out there and we have picked our top five.  They are fun, light-hearted, and all are responsive to their followers.  That is what the Twitter community is all about.  Sure it’s also about marketing, branding and getting your name out there.  The more you know what the consumer wants, the better you are able to serve them.  My favorite sites are:

• 1. Women’s Wear Daily womensweardaily
• 2. W wmag
• 3. Inside DVF InsideDVF
• 4. RZRachel Zoe rzrachelzoe and
• 5. DKNY dkny

Twitter is a great way to communicate with friends as well, but it does get tricky when friends fail to check their Twitter messages on a daily basis.  What do you do email them and tell them to check Twitter?  Talk about defeating the purpose of sending them a tweet in the first place.  Now I was once guilty of the same thing, but I am reformed.  I now check my Twitter account once or twice, okay, five times a day, and I can stop anytime I want.  Wow, maybe I’m the one with the problem.  Anyway, check out the Twitter fashion sites above, you’ll be glad you did.