McQ: Alexander McQueen for Target
Frankly, McQ is a bit McBoring.
Feel like I’m writing a fast food jingle.
I mean, he’s quite capable (or rather his staff is) of fashioning some derivative ‘bridge’ collection for Target.
Well, he missed his Mark.
Behold, the two editorial pieces that I’d feature—
Bustier Dress featuring a turquoise, white, sapphire and black logo print–okay, but how are you going to work it into your wardrobe?
(BEWARE….your friends (who know) will comment: “Wow, Shirley, isn’t that the dress for $79.99 that I saw at Target when I was returning my Toaster?” yesterday.)
I’d opt for the less conspicuous black ruched tank with minimal hardware as a ‘Separate’ and work that into your existing wardrobe.
The concept for these collections was for the designer to minimalize his signature looks and to diffuse them into mainstream collections that are affordable.
The problem is that when examining some of the recent (and, well, for me) anticipated offering I saw things that would have more been consistent with Proenza Schouler than with McQueen.
Is that slapdash or are they (Mc, Mr. P and Mr. S) becoming the Three Musketeers? Hard to say (worse to envision.) Save your money—BUY THAT TOASTER.
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I don’t know about fashion, but a new toaster would be great. I like the ones where you can select the size of the slices of bread you want to toast. Black and Decker has some great ones. I’ve even seen a few that are like the ‘old fashioned’ chrome variety that used to be in Diners.
I think the McQ collection for Target was okay. I agree that I guess I had expected more but sometimes Target doesn’t roll out the entire collection. You can see it on line. I was disappointed with the quality of some of the selections featured. I thought the dress that you commented on was all right but some of the tops were not done as well as the Libertine campaign, etc. We’ve really appreciated your editorials on the upcoming clothing. It’s nice to be able to mix some inexpensive items with the big ticket purchases to diffuse the costs. I have to say that I don’t like the handbags that I saw, Anya Hindmarch’s were the worst. Sharon