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Target and Neiman Marcus Holiday Collection Look Book Highlights

Discover highlights from the Target and Neiman Marcus Holiday Collection Look Book and get ready for budget friendly items that don't skimp on the chic... Over the past decade Target, the forever stylish retail giant, has been giving budget conscious fans of high-end designer fashion a run for their money with a slew of on the mark collaborations with some of the best designers of the moment. And as our own interest in fast-fashion collabos has most certainly waned, a quick look at the company's latest coup has us once again ready to get in cue. >>There's one more collabo we think you should know about: Margiela for H&M By partnering with the CFDA and Nieman Marcus Target has outdone

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Find The Perfect Printed Silk Tee – Want It Wednesday

What do we think YOU will want this Wednesday? After seasons of print mania comes Club Monaco's perfect graphic silk tee at a price that's budget conscious... For well-made, well-priced staples that last season in, season out to on-trend must-haves that aren't easily recognizable, we've long been fans of Club Monaco. For starters, their quality really is unbeatable for the price. The design, no matter what it is, always looks considered. >>MORE: Find out how to make prints WORK for you And long before fast fashion, the Canadian bred retailer was one of the first to bring a certain sense of restrained yet stylish goods to the masses. Take their new Harper silk tee, pictured above, (about $120), its both unique

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Share Your Personal Style: Reader Lindsay Webdell is classically and affordably fun!

Lindsay Webdell
We are going to start a chronicle to look at the personal style of some of our FocusOnStyle readers. Hey, that could be YOU next time! Jump to the end to see how to share your personal style with us. Lindsay Webdell is one of our Twitter friends and jumped to the chance to share her look with all of us. Lindsay is pretty nifty too... she has a fun and colorful spin on French Chic style in her choice of classic pieces that flatter her figure while being extremely distinctive and modern.  Best off it's all affordable fashion. She's pretty cute, don't you think?  Now,  heeeeeeeeeere's Lindsay.... -S.H. Lindsay's touch of fun accessories I'd call my style "classically and affordably fun." I'm drawn to timeless

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Affordable Luxury Fashion- Prabal Gurung for ICB, Fall 2012 digital fashion show

Prabal Gurung for ICB fall 2012 collection
Prabal Gurung for ICB fall 2012 collection The Prabal Gurung for ICB collection was presented in a most unique way today through Digital Fashion Shows, a KCD Digital Production, online. Take a look. >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS “For this ICB collection the inspiration came from the girl. I would say an inspiring combination of beauty, intelligence and a little sense of humor is what an ICB girl is all about. The continuous factor throughout the whole collection is that I didn’t want to compromise on the quality, I want someone to look at this collection and feel really great, with special pieces that are really affordable. It is affordable luxury. She has innate good taste and this is a stepping stone

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Affordable Fashion Alert- Top 5 looks from the Zara Spring Lookbook

First Look: The Zara Spring 2012 Lookbook just arrived in our inboxs and I couldn't wait to share them with you. Zara is always a fantastic resource to get the latest trends at a great price in durable fabrics. Blend their pieces in with your designer pieces or wear alone, no one will be the wiser that you didn't spend a fortune on an entire look- it's affordable fashion with "real" designer style! MORE: Zara Like Butter- Can't help but think about Faye Dunaway in The Eyes of Laura Mars every time I see a double-slit skirt, like this fluid butter yellow one. While the high slit is super daring, it can be a fun and flirty look for beachy days

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Target Lights Up New York and Affordable Fashion in Spectacular Show

Target's Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular at the Standard Hotel She's baaaack! yes, Alix Kivlin is back from her year long trip around the world and in full fashion gear... we'll get her to share her global tales one hemisphere at a time later, but for now, she's in a New York state of mind. -S.H. The fashion scene put a lit-up, psychedelic twist on the fashion show concept with Target's Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular at the Standard Hotel. The ordinarily modern and sleek Standard Hotel turned into an LED disco ball with one entire side of the building being used as a light show flashing and flickering along to music pumping into the night. Models on stage Not only were the lights

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Cheap Monday is Really Cheap Chic- An Affordable Designer Brand To Wear

Affordable fashion Alert: Love the Spring 2011 collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm & I'm wearing it now- so should you! Forget cheesy fast fashion, get designer style at an affordable price... Ironic, but true, as I'm reviewing runway photos from the Cheap Monday Spring 2011 collection that just showed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm, I'm wearing a Cheap Monday T-shirt. Yes, I'm attempting to be on vacation and more casual, but even some of my more urban everyday outfits involve some Cheap Monday. I probably buy a handful of their things every season and they inadvertently become go-to pieces that I mix with much higher end designer pieces from Jil Sander, Maison Martin Margiela, Rick Owens (oh, I want

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Cheap Monday

CHEAP MONDAY Menswear & Womenswear Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm DESIGNERS FOR THE SS-11 COLLECTIONOrjan Andersson & Ann-Sofie Back >> Cheap Monday is one of our favorite affordable fashion lines... read why   SHOP Cheap Monday at ShopBop   Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words... Cheap Monday was born in order to offer an alternative for people who wanted fashionable jeans but didn't agree with the increasing prices of the brands which were popular at the time. The first 800 pairs with the characteristic skull logo hit the market in 2004. Since then, the production has reached a new level in terms of pieces as well as in

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Fashion Video: Fall – Winter 2009 / 2010 Affordable Fashion Trends

An inside look at high style with low prices at H&M… No doubt about it, the 1940’s / 1980’s influence is back in fashion for fall. Take an inside peek at some affordable fashion styles from H&M that are very high in design! With the strong shoulder back in focus, your waist seems oh that much smaller… high drama, low prices, sit back and watch!       Trend Guide Video:[code] This text will be replaced [/code] Appearing on Video: Claudia Croft, Sunday Times Style; Paula Reed, Grazia UK; and Ann-Sofie Johansson, Head of Design H&M. Video: Barracuda Film & TV Photo: Photographer: Peter Gehrke/HM

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Los Angeles Style on a Budget: Naven in Color

Bright Lights and Minis, Oh My! One of the hottest trends this season has been far and away the bold use of color and the latest collection by LA-based twin designers Kym and Alexis McClay have definitely hit that nail on the head. Their line Naven, whose name comes from a city in Ireland where their family is from, is a collection of gorgeous and absolutely covetable pieces. Their bold use of neon yellow, hot pink, lime, purple, and royal blue is definitely what grabs your attention first but upon further inspection I was pleased to find that the construction and detail was absolutely impeccable. The fabrics included silks, deconstructed dresses, and a touch of iridescent shantung. One sweetheart boustier

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