Jimmy Choo and UGG Australia are starting the New Year with a new collaboration, UGG & Jimmy Choo. Each partner will bring their strongest quality to the table; UGG will bring the sheepskin and Jimmy Choo will provide the design elements. Due out in October the five piece collection will be available online via both collaborators’ site, and select Jimmy Choo, Department and Special Stores. The boots will range from $595 to $795, no word yet on who’s crazy enough to buy them. As much I love collaborations I’ll be skipping this one unless theres a 5 inch heel attached to the UGG’s. Using my Photoshop skills I created a mock-up Ad for the new collaboration, Check it out!!!!!

My UGG and Jimmy Choo Ad mock-up.

With their Rodarte for Target collection due in Target Stores on December 20th, Laura and Kate Mulleavy have teamed up with fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson for a promotional video of the collection. Tavi the 13 Year-old fashion guru has been making her mark on Fashion. First with her blog StyleRookie and last season during New York Fashion Week when she received prime seats at Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs. Shot in North Dakota, the video plays like a moving scrapbook with various high profile interviews, the musings of Tavi, and the inspiration behind the collection.

Christian Louboutin and Piper-Heidsieck have partnered up to create “Le Rituel” or “The Ritual”. Taking cues from the Belle Epoque the collaboration features a glass flute in the form of a slipper designed by Christian Louboutin and a bottle of Champagne from Piper-Heidsieck. The set retails for $500 and is being sold in limited quantities at Neiman Marcus in the US and Collete in Paris.

Christian Louboutin + Piper-Heidsieck for “Le Rituel”

Following Alexander McQueen and Ana Sui, Jean Paul Gaultier may be the next designer for Target’s Designer Collaboration series. A source told WWD that the collection wont be in stores for months but Target has the ball in motion. According to a Target spokesman, “We don’t have anything to share other than we admire his work and incredible design aesthetic”. Based on the source and the previous quote I’ll be saving a few Euro’s for Jean Paul Gaultier for Target. If the collection is anything like his work for his namesake label it will be wild, over the top, with a street chic edge.

Jean Paul Gaultier

I heart Katie Holmes and she’s been on my radar since her days on the creek. I feel like I’ve watched her grow although I am not her father/mother I am proud of her. Katie Holmes or “Kadie” as I call her is an actress, mother, and Tom Cruise’s Cover up/Wife. Katie is currently the face of Miu Miu appearing in all of the house’s Ads. Now she’s not only wearing the clothes but also designing them. Katie and her stylist Jeanne Yang have partnered up to create Holmes & Yang, a premium designer line for women and children. The line will feature a mix of American classics with a Katie Holmes twist and will launch in the Fall at Maxfield in Los Angeles.

Katie Holmes for Miu Miu

Sneaker Addict, Music Producer and DJ Mark Ronson has collaborated with Gucci’s Creative Director Frida Giannini on ‘Gucci Icon Temporary’. A pop-up sneaker store that will travel the world. The shop will feature 18 limited edition sneakers, 16 of which are men’s and two pairs are women’s. The bulk of the merchandise was designed by Giannini with the Gucci DNA in mind to feature the logo and green stripe. Ronson designed a pair of unisex kicks for each city. ‘I spent many, many years as an avid sneaker collector, so I wanted to make sure these Gucci shoes were truly special from an aesthetic and collectible point of view’, Ronson told WWD. Gucci Icon Temporary launches in SoHo New York in October. It will continue on to London, Paris, Berlin and Tokyo. The pop-up shop will remain open for two weeks before moving to the next city.

Celebrity DJ, Music Producer, and Sneaker Collector Mark Ronson

Design duo and sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte will follow Tracy Feith as part of Target’s Go International program. The Go International program provides a platform for emerging designers to showcase their work to a much broader audience enabling them to gain new followers. The Limited Edition collection will be available at Target and Target.com for 45 days Dec. 20th through Feb. 6; the line is inclusive of 55 items. For those not familiar with Rodarte’s work, it can be challenging to reproduce on such a mass scale due to the hand-made-like-construction nature of their garments but Target addressed it with ease. “What you’ll notice is an amazing eye for detail,” said Joshua Thomas, a Target spokesman. “It’s very feminine, yet very modern. The Collection incorporates a rich mix of patterns and fabrications and everything from sequins and bows to faux fur. The key with Rodarte is layering.”

kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte

Back in march I did a post on the new collaboration between Uniqlo and Jil Sander. Jil Sander had been missing in action since her drama with Prada but she’s back to take on a creative role at Uniqlo. We all assumed the line would be called Jil Sander for Uniqlo but due to the fact that Onward Holdings Co. Ltd. still owns the commercial rights to Jil Sander’s name the line is dubbed +J. Major kudos to Jil Sander for naming the collection after me. I guess she didn’t want to use J.J.J I like +J so much better. And I’m back to reality. The fast fashion retailer hasn’t confirmed a release date yet but the collection will be sold at Uniqlo Flagship doors and online.

+J Hang Tag

Source: WWD

Not loosing momentum in the Designer Collaboration section Target has announced Alexander McQueen’s predecessor, Anna Sui. With customers tightening their pockets, and loosing market share to Wal-Mart, Target is making a push to bring designer names to the masses. According to a Target spokeswoman;

“One of the goals of Designer Collaborations and the heavy marketing push we have is to attract shoppers to our stores, including consumers who don’t shop our stores on a regular basis. We want to increase frequency and encourage first-time shoppers to Target.”

Anna Sui

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Matthew Williamson for H & M

“It is an incredible opportunity to be working with H&M, creating a ‘Matthew Williamson for H&M’ capsule collection. I love the fact that H&M have created a new phenomenon in fashion through the pioneering concept of collaborating with high-end designers to create one-off limited edition capsule collections. I am thrilled that my creations for H&M will be accessible to and hopefully enjoyed by so many people around the world,“ says Matthew Williamson.

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