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Entries tagged with 'GAP'
Posted Jan. 29, 2008,
Threeasfour Designs for the GAP!
By Kim Hastreiter
Well the cat got out of the bag in the blogosphere yesterday that our favorite design team Threeasfour will be designing a piece or two for the GAP. I think it'll come out in March and word is that it'll be a super cool collectible piece (or more) and I don't doubt it. This is not the first time Threeasfour has designed for a big manufacturer. For a few seasons they had a gig consulting for their friends Kate and Andy Spade, lending a hand with some of the apparel collection design. And in the Kate Spade look books (especially the last one they did before they sold their company) I actually noticed a subtle Threeasfour signature on some of the shirts. Check out this shirt with asymmetrical appliqué flowers (pictured below) from Spade's collection for spring. I wonder if these will look similar to their GAP colabs. Either way, I cant wait to see the items they design. I'm sure they'll sell out fast!
Photo of Threeasfour by Caroline Torem Craig
Posted Nov. 16, 2007,
Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, John Krasinski Cute Up the Gap
By Alexis Swerdloff
Just some cuties for a Friday afternoon. All of a sudden we're feeling a very strong need to go buy some striped scarves!!
Posted Apr. 17, 2007,
GAP's New Fashion Collectibles
By Kim Hastreiter
As many of you all saw from the giant ads all around town that appeared today, GAP has launched their special young designer capsule collection of white shirts and shirtdresses by the three CFDA/Vogue award winners: Doo-ri, Thakoon and Rodarte.
The stuff is CUTE, not to mention cheap, and I think super collectible and available today while the supplies last in GAP shops and on line where you can buy everything. When Roland Mouret did a little GAP line, the clothes sold out in what seemed to be a minute, so if you want some of this stuff my advice is to buy it right now.
Remember the blog I wrote two weeks ago about opening a shop that would sell all these low priced fabulous designer collabs, from Target to Uniglo to Top Shop to H&M? Well these GAP pieces need to be in our fantasy shop also! See how cute these white cotton 88 dollar dresses are (from l-r) Doo-ri, Rodarte, Thakoon. (There are also some really fab shirts available as well for 68 bucks each).
Posted Apr. 3, 2007,
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?
