Stella McCartney in Stella McCartney

Do you remember your elementary school diorama project where you cut a hole in a box and dropped in figurines? This is like that, but with a nice pair of legs in place of the figurines. The oddly bulky top doesn’t help either, and as gorgeous as a lot of the attendees looked in Stella McCartney, we’re really not sure about the designer’s own fashion diorama.

Carolyn Murphy in Tom Ford

Granted, it’s the Costume Institue Gala, but this purple ensemble would be more at home on a theater stage or the costume rack for Burlesque. Tom Ford is pretty much the best accessory anyone could have, but between the weird tassel neckpiece and our feeling that Carolyn Murphy is making a silent prayer not to have a wardrobe malfunction – that strap is clinging for dear life – this really should have been left in a wardrobe trailer.

Frieda Pinto in Chanel

Everyone in fashion loves Karl Lagerfeld, but this is an homage too far.

Christina Hendricks in Carolina Herrera

Sigh. Christina Hendricks is absolutely gorgeous, this giant rust stain is absolutely not. We’re going to imagine Christina Hendricks in the nude for completely sartorial reasons.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Burberry

We know Duchess Catherine has kicked off a bit of a trend with sleeves, but we just can’t with these extra shiny, slouchy gauntlet/arm warmer combos.

Kristin Stewart in Proenza Schouler

At an event celebrating a designer who was known for his skill in tailoring, we just can’t get over these frumpty dump dresses, and this one is no exception.

Julianna Margulies in Narciso Rodriguez

Since we’ve established by now that we’re not feeling the baggy bodices, we’ll continue directly to the side cutouts. If there’s anything that can make a designer gown look like a prom dress you’ll be embarrassed to be seen in 10 years down the road, it’s side cutouts. They’re so miss or miss (really, the hits can probably be tallied on one hand, with a few fingers remaining), and particularly so on this dress. Again, gorgeous woman, who should not have been subjected to this ruffled baggy crop top monstrosity.

Serena Williams in feathers & Demi Moore in Prabal Gurung

Dear Ms. Williams and Ms. Moore, the event you’re looking for was across the Atlantic, and it ended a few days ago.

Womenswear Designer of the Year: Alexander Wang, Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, and Marc Jacobs

Menswear Designer of the Year: Michael Bastian, Patrik Ervell, and Simon Spurr

Accessory Designer of the Year: Alexander Wang, Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, and Reed Krakoff

Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Joseph Altuzarra, Ashley Olsen & Mary-Kate Olsen, and Prabal Gurung

Swarovski Award for Menswear: Alexander Wang, Phillip Lim, and Robert Geller

Swarovski Award for Accessory Design: Alejandro Ingelmo, Eddie Borgo, Jason Wu, and Pamela Love

Honorary Awards

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Marc Jacobs

CFDA Board of Directors Special Tribute: Arthur Elgort “in honor of his impact on photography and fashion.”

Fashion Icon Award: Lady Gaga “for being a fashion revolutionary impacting style today.”

Media Award, given in honor of Eugenia Sheppard: Hilary Alexander of The Telegraph

Founders Award, given in honor of CFDA founder Eleanor Lambert: Hal Rubenstein of In Style.

International Award: Phoebe Philo for Celine {CFDA}

Target’s first GO International Collective, which brings together previous hits from their many individual designer capsule collections in one place, officially launches today.

GO International didn’t invent the designer/fast fashion collaboration, but in the US it was one of the first to offer clothes from emerging designers at Target prices (read: almost nothing over $100). {Target}

Over the past five years, the Target collaborations have expanded to more established luxury fashion labels like Mulberry for Target, Jean Paul Gaultier and Liberty of London, with collections selling out even faster than Target themselves anticipated. The young designers are where it all started though, and this year Target has decided to bring back the “greatest hits” of the past so you can score some of the must-haves you may have missed.

This Thursday in New York stars gathered to celebrate the launch of the upcoming design collective showcased at the Ace Hotel. Featured designers in the great re-release will include Luella Bartley, Tara Jarmon, Paul & Joe, Behnaz Sarafpour, Proenza Schouler, Libertine, Alice Temperley, Erin Fetherston, Jovovich-Hawk, Rogan, Richard Chai, Jonathan Saunders, Thakoon, Tracy Feith, Rodarte (perfect timing with all of the Black Swan buzz), Zac Posen and Tucker – with all dresses on offer coming in under $50. We have no doubt the lineup will see a fight to the register or online checkout for those who missed out on the first versions.

We absolutely can not wait for the release of the 34-dress collection, which is scheduled to run through April 10th. Our advice? Wake up early and get a spot in line to ensure you get the dress you want, or bookmark the Go International page and click quickly.

Has the Collection Already Sold Out?

One important tip if you’re shopping online: it looks like Target hasn’t worked out all of the bugs as far as the website navigation goes, so the only way to get to the collection items is through the special section included on the main GO International page. If you click the links on the left to browse by designer or color, you may get a message saying there aren’t any items in the category. Rest assured, they haven’t sold out that quickly, but if you want a bunch of styles for yourself, you can continue to let everyone else think that’s the case. We won’t judge.

Happy Shopping!

Allowing the clothes to be the stars of the evening certainly has its merits, but we’d be lying if we didn’t admit that we’re pretty excited about the madness that will surely accompany the more inclusive New York event. In Paris, there was champagne, cotton candy and chocolate fondue depending on which store you stopped at, but New York promises to pull out all the stops: celebrities, designers and shopping specials to go along with your champagne.

Still, everyone has a different shopping personality. An Olsen twin and throngs of fans waiting for an opportunity to meet their favorite designer might be a dream shopping trip for some, and an absolute nightmare for others. With that in mind, we’ve gone through the hundreds of events on the Fashion’s Night Out website so far and narrowed them down to the top 10 events by shopping personality. Today, we take a look at the must-attend events for those who like a bit of celebrity with their shopping. In the coming days, we’ll cover events for those who prefer something more low key, downtown style, fashion, fashion and more fashion and the girl who just wants to have fun.

The Starlet

Big and flashy is how you roll. If anyone asks “who are you wearing?” you’ve got a list of famous names on the tip of your tongue. Celebrities, designers and hundreds of adoring fans? You couldn’t come up with a better shopping scenario.

ASOS.com

Who: Singer VV Brown and 90210 actress Shenae Grimes

What: A pop-up store and block party for Teen Vogue

Where: West Village, 10014 (right around the corner from Anna)

Barney’s

Who: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Daphne Guiness, Alexander Wang, the Mulleavy sisters (Rodarte), Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough (Proenza Schouler), Island Records founder Chris Blackwell

What: More meet and greets than you can shake a stick at, ping-pong, musical chairs and karaoke among other activities.

Where: 660 Madison Ave

Bergdorf Goodman

Who: Mary J. Blige, Nicole Richie, designer turned Hollywood producer Tom Ford, Victoria Beckham, Tinsley Mortimer, Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse, Georgina Bloomberg, First Lady favorite Jason Wu, Bryan Boy, Hamish Bowles, Robert Verdi, Thom Browne, Mark Badgley and James Mischka (Badgley Mischka) and Trish Mc Evoy among others.

What: A makeup artist competition, catwalk show and karaoke. And Tom Ford. Honestly, we’d have this on our “must attend list” if it were watching Tom Ford fill out spreadsheets.

Where: 754 5th Ave. (at 58th Street)

Billionaire Boys Club / Ice Cream

Who: Reclusive producer/entertainer Pharell Williams, who isn’t one to make lots of public appearances.

What: A meet and greet, plus special items from the collection available only on September 10th.

Where: 456 West Broadway

Bloomingdale’s

Who: Michael Kors, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, Lancome spokesmodels Elettra Wiedemann and Arlenis Sosa

What: Karaoke, tango lessons, cooking demos and a casino night

Where: 1000 3rd Ave.

Destination Maternity

Who: Model and Project Runway host Heidi Klum

What: A retrospective of maternity wear from the 1950s through today. If there’s anyone who knows about looking good when pregnant, it’s definitely the model mother of 4. Retro snacks and mocktails will also be available.

Where: 28 East 57th St.

Henri Bendel

Who: The City star Olivia Palermo, model Erin Wasson, the Fabulous Beekman Boys and possibly Kaiser Karl (though it’s not entirely clear from the description if Lagerfeld will be in attendance, or merely the designer behind a special collection for Swarovski)

What: Astrology readings (at a fee, which will go to charity), a demo of the Lustr iPhone shopping app and jewelry launches.

Where: 712 5th Ave.

Jeffrey New York

Who: Christina Ricci, L’Wren Scott (designer and girlfriend of Mick Jagger), Jason Wu, Nicholas Kirkwood

What: A denim event and menswear trunk show, limited edition Proenza Schouler messenger bags.

Where: 449 West 14th St.

Lord & Taylor

Who: Noted fashion photographer, and America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker, New York Jets cheerleaders for the guys, Shoshanna Gruss, Lloyd Boston

What: A “Wheel of Fashion” and prize draws on each floor, meet and greets, salsa dancing and even dating advice if your retail therapy is inspired by romance.

Where: 424 5th Ave.

Macy’s Herald Square

Who: Joss Stone, Kimora Lee Simmons, TRAIN, Rachel Roy, Jessica Stam, celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson

What: a Gucci fragrance launch, meet and greets, a lookbook shoot, Tommy Hilfiger tailgate party and live music performances

Where: 151 West 34th St.

Shopping at Forever 21 has always been a budget-friendly endeavor, and the new collection will not deviate from the fashion-forward (often drawing the ire of designers who feel the store’s designs aren’t original enough) and reasonably priced apparel and accessories.

Lichtenberg has been styled big name celebrities like Lady Gaga, and explains how this venture is a positive one for the Forever 21 shopper and his own career saying, “It is going to be for the customer that is younger and has seen my work on celebrities and musicians, but doesnâ€t have the money to plunk down for my main line. This is definitely going to be a great opportunity to be on a more global scale.” {College Fashion}

This collaboration is just the beginning of a series of collaborations that the brand is planning to embark on to offer more upscale merchandise at their signature low prices.  It seems as though the brand is taking cues from competing stores like H&M and Target who have had numerous designers (think Madonna, Roberto Cavalli, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Proenza Schouler) launch capsule collections for their brands in the past.

With over 50 copyright infringement lawsuits under their belt for drawing a little too much ‘inspiration’ from names like Anthropologie, Anna Sui and Diane Von Furstenberg, it’s seems like a smart idea for Forever 21 to bring in their own designers to catch consumer attention instead of copying others. {the Cut}

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“Mom, You’re a Gem”

1. Thierry Mugler Angel Collector Superstar Eau de Parfum/14.2 oz.
$3000

Less than 100 Swarovski studded bottles make this a collector’s item, and at nearly half a liter, mom could bathe in the fragrance (not recommended) and not run out anytime soon.

2. D&G Gold and Black Crystal Platform Pumps
$1248

No pedestals available? Place your favorite mother on two glittering platforms instead.

A Rose by Any Other Name…

3. Alexander McQueen Rose Camouflage Gown
$6250

While your siblings make a last minute dash for flowers, Alexander McQueen’s rose print gown is sure to last much longer and solidify your place as the favorite.

4. Louis Roederer Cristal Rose 2002
$509

Raise a glass of rose champagne. Strawberry, cherry skin, blood orange and dried flowers sound like the makings of a fine fragrance, but don’t stop to smell this rose for too long. International Wine Cellar gives the current taste high marks and recommends against letting it sit in the cellar.

Timeless Classics

5. Baccarat Large Tornado Vase
$3685

When you wait until the last minute to buy gifts for future occasions (it happens) and have to go with a quick call to the florists, the bouquet will look 10 times more planned when you know they’ll end up on display in a striking crystal vase.

6. Cartier Americaine Tank Watch with Alligator Strap
$12,625

A Cartier tank watch is the definition of timeless, but not dated. If your mom would appreciate an instant heirloom, this is a good place to start.

Modern Necessities

7. Apple 64GB iPad 3G
$829 + $29.99/month for an unlimited data plan

Do you remember that mad frenzy for iPads that kicked off just a month ago? It’s a safe bet that your parents do too. Grab a top of the line iPad for mom now, and one for dad a month from now. Why go for the top tier model? You’ll feel slightly better about your purchase when the next generation comes along to make it obsolete.

8. Proenza Schouler PS1 Large Crocodile Satchel
$14,500

She may not be a school girl anymore, but the schoolbag-esque PS1 satchel has been on the wanted list of stylish women everywhere since its release.

Fly Her to the Moon

9. Flight aboard the VMS Eve
From $200,000

Most mothers are impressed if you name a child after them, but Richard Branson ruined the “isn’t that impressive?” namesake gift for other kids when he named his flagship spaceship after his mom, Eve. A $200,000 ticket aboard can’t compete with an entire spacecraft, but not many moms can say they’ve truly been out of this world.

Ashley (L) Olsen's Pastel Streak

Nylon's Rainbow Locks

As well, Nylon featured the look in a recent editorial (behind the scenes video here) but it’s Jack and Lazaro who get firsts on this look; they showed the pastel tresses in September.

Proenza Schouler

This over-the-rainbow lookâ€s best for blondes but still a can-do for brunettes. Will pastel pink and purple top your trends-to-try for tresses, or is it too preschool to be cool?