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Zac Posen to Design for Target, Fashionistas Everywhere Freak

Filed under: Fashion, News, Designers & Brands

Zac Posen at a presentation of his Target Australia collection last year. Photo: Kristian Dowling/Getty Images

Something's gotten into Zac Posen... and we like it!

Hot on the heels of announcing his new lower-priced Z Spoke line, exclusive to Sa...

Quote of Note | Carolina Herrera

"Have I ever been horrified to see someone in my clothes? Many times, but I close my eyes and look the other way. That happens to everyone. What can you do? Go and tell her, 'Don't wear that dress again'? We designers always have fantasies in our heads, but the difficult task is to make them real...

Clock-sheet lets you tell the time without opening your eyes

Now, it’s not that I don’t want to tell the time when I wake up in the morning. It’s that I don’t want it spelled out in macaroni where I usually put my head.

Now, for a blind person, this might be excellent, although the designers could stand to reduce the size of the letters. As for th...

YouTube's new 3D showcase

I met with a bunch of YouTube folks in the Bay Area recently, and learned of new features and services they'll be launching. One of those is a new anaglyph 3D channel, where you can find lots of videos, amateur and pro, to view wearing those funny blue-and-red glasses. The blooming rose, above,...

JCPenney Shutting Down 'Big Book' Catalog

Filed under: Fashion, News, Designers & Brands, Shopping

A 1973 JC Penney holiday catalog. Photo: eBay

It's the end of an era.

JCPenney is discontinuing its biannual "Big Book" catalog and instead will concentrate its efforts on creating smaller, more targeted catalogs, online selling and so...