The Start

A few months ago, I was exposed to Target's "GO International" line. I realize that this line has been popular for quite some time, but this is when I first REALLY saw the clothes and learned about the line's mission and all. I love fashion. Maybe it's more that I think we are all canvases - beautiful canvases - on which we can add ribbons and bows and color and paint and ultimately transform into art. Living art. We can use fashion to create living art. I have always loved watching Bryant Park fashion shows on my tiny tv at home; loved watching how brilliant designers transform human beings into walking art. And so this is where I turn back to Target. How Target connects with some of these brilliant designers in order to make available great fashion - great art - to the masses. Yes, I know, some will argue, "Is it really the same? Is it really the same great fashion that we saw on the runway at fashion week?" I happen to think that some pieces are really dynamite, are just as great. But of course, many out there might differ. Nontheless, however (as I babble here in my first blog entry -- I'm nervous about what some may say(!)), I love what Target has done. And Target (as well as Walmart (Norma Kamali line), H&M, and the many many many other stores/brands that have partnered with famous and/or up-and-coming designers), has sort of been my inspiration for this blog. I know I have sort of thrown a lot at you at once (I just can't help myself), but I guess I just want to talk to you, my dear audience, about my love of fashion, art, and everything creative (even if it's in the most scattered way possible). I want to share with you some of things I've found/I find so that, maybe, we all can have a more playful, pretty, fashionable - a more artistic time in this world.



While I don't have photos in this entry, I hope to use my mighty camera in the future and capture beautiful art - beautiful fashion - in my next entries. In the meantime, here are some links to some of my favorite fashion pieces that I wish I could afford! :)



http://www.net-a-porter.com/Shop/Designers/Jonathan_Saunders/All (And the Jonathan Saunders clothing for Target is also delicious! I'll have photos of pieces I own later on.)



http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1239045846/ref=sr_nr_i_0?ie=UTF8&rs=&keywords=cynthia%20vincent&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acynthia%20vincent%2Ci%3Ashoes (I ALMOST owned a pair of Cynthia Vincent shoes, but then a certain website ran out of my size and, sadly, I was an owner no more.)



http://www.target.com/Erickson-Beamon-Jewelry-Women/b/ref=sc_iw_r_12_0/181-8894433-3727042?node=358181011 I want everything (period) I saw the real stuff in person and the jewelry is PHENOMENAL.



And for the non-Target version of Beamon...

http://www.chickdowntown.com/products.asp?categoryID=4666&subcategoryID=&designerID=67746&color=