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Catherine Malandrino For Kohl's | Pictures
Catherine Malandrino

Kohl's Continues Designer Collaborations With Catherine Malandrino

Kohl's internationally inspired designer collaborations have taken its customers to Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro, but its latest partnership with Catherine Malandrino is all about Paris.
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Kohl's internationally inspired designer collaborations have taken its customers to Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro, but its latest partnership with Catherine Malandrino is all about Paris.

"Every woman in America has a French dream in her head, especially a Parisian one," the designer told WWD. "I feel every city has a soul. New York is all about transformation. Paris is all about timeless propositions."

The 80-piece collaboration, part of Kohl's relatively new DesigNation partnership program, is set to bring a few of those propositions to Kohl's 1,100 stores in late September and early October. Everything in the offering, which will range in price from $36 to $130, takes inspiration from things spotted in Paris. A black-and-white striped cardigan was inspired by the Columns of Buren, and the design of an iron gate at the Parc Monceau became a jacquard print.

Malandrino is the third designer to create a capsule collection for Kohl's, following Narciso Rodriguez and Derek Lam. A look at her first sketch from the collection here in the gallery.

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Duro Olowu For JCPenney | Pictures
JCPenney

All the Pieces From Duro Olowu's JCPenney Collaboration Are in Stores Now

In case you missed it, JCPenney's first designer collaboration with Nigerian-born talent Duro Olowu is on shelves all over the country.
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In case you missed it, JCPenney's first designer collaboration with Nigerian-born talent Duro Olowu is on shelves all over the country. And while the pieces in it range in price from $10 to $90, the designer says he created it the same way he designs the clothing for his eponymous brand.

"I treated it like a collection," Olowu says of the offering, which features his signature mashup of riotous prints, wild colors, and fresh shapes applied to clothing, shoes, and accessories, as well as home goods, notebooks, and luggage. "All the details you normally find on my clothing, you have here," the designer explains, and, indeed, buttons and closures come emblazoned with the designer's logo, and bags and accessories were designed with the help of the designer's friends Iris Apfel and Bella Foster.

A peek at all the pieces — and their prices — here in the gallery.

Photo courtesy of JCPenney

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Prabal Gurung to Design Collaboration For Target
Target

The Full Prabal Gurung For Target Lookbook Is Here (With Prices)

It's finally here: after months of anticipation, the full lookbook and prices for Prabal Gurung's collaboration with Target have arrived.
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Prabal Gurung to Design Collaboration For Target

It's finally here: after months of anticipation, the full lookbook and prices for Prabal Gurung's collaboration with Target have arrived.

Gurung's collection of ready-to-wear, accessories, and shoes will be available in Target stores and on its website from Feb. 10 to March 23, and prices will run from $13 to $200. The most expensive piece is a light blue leather biker jacket, while a few pieces of jewelry round out the lowest price point. The offering features a number of floral pieces, and everything in it speaks to Gurung's modern and romantic aesthetic.

Speaking of romance, it's fitting that this collaboration would launch so close to Valentine's Day. Gurung said these clothes were made for falling in love.

"The collection is inspired by a girl's journey through the different stages of love and the clothes she wears during each milestone — from the first date to meeting the parents to the engagement," Gurung said.

A look at all the pieces, and their prices, here in the gallery.

Photo courtesy of Target.

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Keds For Kate Spade Collection
Kate Spade

Sneaking Suspicion: The Keds For Kate Spade Collection Might Be It

Keds is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Kate Spade New York with a capsule made in preppy-pep heaven.
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Keds For Kate Spade Collection

Keds is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Kate Spade New York with a capsule made in preppy-pep heaven. Gingham, polka dots, chevron, and nautical stripes adorn Keds's classic canvas sneaker silhouettes and come in snappy hues such as orange, blue, and bubblegum pink.

"There is a fun whimsical aspect to [Kate Spade] and it relates to Keds," explained Stephanie Brocoum, Keds VP of marketing. "[The shoes] are right in that sweet spot of everything feminine, fashionable, versatile." Ranging from $75 to $85, the collection will hit keds.com and Nordstrom.com, as well as Kate Spade New York and Nordstrom stores, in February. Peep them all here.

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Playboy Cushnie et Ochs Bra Collaboration | Pictures
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Cushnie et Ochs Designed a Bra For Playboy

Proving that designer collaborations come in all shapes and sizes, Cushnie et Ochs has partnered with Playboy.
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Playboy Cushnie et Ochs Bra Collaboration | Pictures

Proving that designer collaborations come in all shapes and sizes, Cushnie et Ochs has partnered with Playboy. Today, the duo will unveil a black leather bustier they created for the magazine at a party in Miami. The top will retail for $695 on Playboy's online store.

"Playboy is such a quintessential brand," said Carlie Cushnie. "They told us where they're heading and the sort of people they had been working with, like Jenne Lombardo and Neville Wakefield, and we thought we could do something really cool and edgy and special."

The company recently enlisted Lombardo, who works with MADE Fashion Week, and Wakefield, an art curator, as consultants. A look at one of the first projects to follow their involvement with the brand here in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of Cushnie et Ochs.

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Target and Neiman Marcus Holiday CFDA Collection 2012
Neiman Marcus

See Every Piece From the Target Neiman Marcus CFDA Holiday Collection

Target matches its mass market forces with Neiman Marcus's department store prowess for an unprecedented retail adventure: 24 CFDA designers will create limited-edition items for a 50-piece Holiday collection that will hit both retailers' brick-and-mortar nationwide locations and online outlets Dec.
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Target and Neiman Marcus Holiday CFDA Collection 2012

Target matches its mass market forces with Neiman Marcus's department store prowess for an unprecedented retail adventure: 24 CFDA designers will create limited-edition items for a 50-piece Holiday collection that will hit both retailers' brick-and-mortar nationwide locations and online outlets Dec. 1.

Diane von Furstenberg, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Derek Lam, Jason Wu, Marc Jacobs, Altuzarra, Band of Outsiders, Brian Atwood, Eddie Borgo, Prabal Gurung, Proenza Schouler, Rag & Bone, Robert Rodriguez, Rodarte, Skaist-Taylor, Thom Browne, Lela Rose, Marchesa, Philip Crangi, Tory Burch, Alice + Olivia, Judith Leiber, and Tracy Reese are all involved. There will be men's, women's, and children's clothing and accessories, as well as lifestyle items, such as pet, sporting, and home goods. Most items in the collection — titled, appropriately, The Target + Neiman Marcus Holiday Collection — will cost under $60, though prices will start at $7.99 and top out at $499.

"This is kind of groundbreaking," Neiman Marcus's president and CEO, Karen Katz, told WWD. "We've set the stage for a redefining moment in retail," Gregg Steinhafel, Target Corp's president, chairman, and CEO, agreed.

In addition to creating this ultimate Holiday extravaganza, Target and Neiman Marcus will donate a total of $1 million dollars to the CFDA. "I can think of no better finale to CFDA's 50th anniversary celebration than through this extraordinary designer collaboration," CFDA president — and participating designer — Diane von Furstenberg explained.

A look at the entire collection in all its glory, here.

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Rei Kawakubo Hermes Scarf Collaboration
Hermes

Comme des Hermès: Rei Kawakubo Redesigns Iconic Scarves

The latest designer partnership to make the news isn't a mass market effort.
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The latest designer partnership to make the news isn't a mass market effort. Instead, Rei Kawakubo has channeled what she calls an "immense respect for Hermès' tradition and artisanal know-how" into two capsule collections of carrés, the French company's iconic silk scarves.

"During this joint project, rather than being guided by the idea of the scarf as it is worn, I became interested instead in the beautiful 'artworks' that the designs on Hermès carrés represent, and I sought to change them by adding elements," Kawakubo said. "By combining them with abstract images, we have transformed the carré and created a unique object."

Both collections, one featuring black and white designs and one with colorful geometric patterns, will be available in February. The five black and white scarves will retail for €380 (or $493 at current exchange) at the Comme des Garcons stores in the Aoyama neighborhood of Tokyo, and in New York and Paris. Six color scarves will range from €380 to €1,600 (about $2,076) at the Dover Street Markets in London and Tokyo.

Kawakubo is noted for a number of high-profile collaborations with brands like H&M and Louis Vuitton, but an Hermès product partnership is harder to come by. Perhaps that's changing, though: news also broke today that Hermès is lending one of its scarf designs to the French postal service's annual Valentine's Day stamp collection.

Related: A Look Back at Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garcons
Photo courtesy of Comme des Garcons

New Margiela For H&M Pieces Revealed | Pictures
H&M

Every Image From Maison Martin Margiela's H&M Capsule (With Prices!)

It's finally here: Maison Martin Margiela's full collection for H&M has been revealed, and the clothing and accessories are true to the avant-garde fashion house's signature style.
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New Margiela For H&M Pieces Revealed | Pictures

It's finally here: Maison Martin Margiela's full collection for H&M has been revealed, and the clothing and accessories are true to the avant-garde fashion house's signature style.

A representative for the house said that the clothing would mostly be reissued pieces from the Margiela archives, and these garments definitely embody the classic oversize silhouettes, deconstructed styling, and incorporation of found objects the house became famous for. But while prices for original Margiela pieces can reach thousands of dollars, prices for this collaboration run from $13 to $399.

Several pieces are fusions of more than one type of garment. One of the women's bottoms melds a skirt with trousers; elsewhere, halves of two different dresses are combined. The house also turned everything from key rings, locks of hair, and faceless watches into inventive accessories.

Photographs of the collection have slowly been released since August — with sneak peeks at the collection's ad campaign and lookbook — building up to its Nov. 15 release date. A look at all the pieces in the collection, plus their prices, here in the gallery.

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Missoni and Converse Create One-of-a-Kind Collaboration
Converse

Missoni and Converse Collaborate on One-of-a-Kind Shoes

Of the six seasons Missoni has been working with Converse, the two brands' newest partnership may have yielded their most exciting products yet.
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Missoni and Converse Create One-of-a-Kind Collaboration

Of the six seasons Missoni has been working with Converse, the two brands' newest partnership may have yielded their most exciting products yet. Twenty deadstock fabrics from the Missoni archives have been applied to Converse's iconic Pro Leather and Auckland Racer shoe designs, and will be sold at Colette in Paris starting this Friday, Sept. 28 — just in time for Paris Fashion Week. The unisex shoes are available in sizes 5 to 12, and will retail for €400 (about $520 at current exchange).

And if the inventive pairing of design and form didn't make this collaboration noteworthy enough, Converse enlisted artist Gary Card to create a special display for the shoes. A look at the products — and how they'll be displayed — here in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of Converse.

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