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Posted Apr. 3, 2007, 11:49 a.m. ET
Rodarte, Thakoon and Doo.Ri fall into the Gap
By Kim Hastreiter
So the Gap is taking some tips from their competition and wooing some young designers to do some very limited capsule collections, sure to get the company some new buzz which they seem to need desperately. According to yesterday's Fashion Week Daily Gap has bought into the Vogue CFDA awards with a 1 million dollar donation. The three designers chosen were the winners and runner-ups of the Vogue CFDA prize: Doo.Ri, Rodarte and Thakoon (all pictured below). I cant wait, I must say, to see what the Rodarte girls do for the Gap!!! I'm sure it will be smart.
Wouldn't it be great if someone opened a crazy eclectic retail store that reflected all these low priced high designer colabs and only sold all this inexpensive fashion stufff? In the shop could be : Behnaz Sarafpour, Isaac Mizrahi, Libertine, Proenza Schouler all for Target, Karl Lagerfeld, Viktor and Rolf and Madonna all for H&M, Kate Moss, Vivienne Westwood, Zandra Rhodes for Top Shop, Roland Mouret, Rodarte, Doo.Ri, and Thakoon for the Gap. Oh and of course Thom Browne's mens and womens wear from Brooks Brothers. Then they could sell Pumas by Alexander McQueen shoes and Adidas Stella McCartney stuff. And there are so many more! That would make an incredible store don't you think?
Comments
don't forget all the designers like alice roi doing collections for uniqlo!
Posted at 5:25 p.m. ET on Apr 03, 2007 by made in china
alice roi also for sure, good point! lets make a running list of others here... who else is there guys? wouldnt this be a fun store?
Posted at 5:28 p.m. ET on Apr 03, 2007 by kim hastreiter
Its funny how Vivienne Westwood more or less started THE PUNK look by using a bunch of poor kids who themselves became rich and started a fashion trend which has not died since.....most people wore safety pins because their clothes were really falling apart....then it became part of a fall line up.
Posted at 7:04 a.m. ET on Apr 05, 2007 by randy focazio
Alexandre Plokhov, Phillip Lim, Lutz and Patmos for Uniqlo - can't wait for that to come out!
Posted at 10:13 a.m. ET on Apr 05, 2007 by Kin
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