10 Most Unglamorous Facets of Fashion Design

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Runway. Red carpet. Vogue editorials. Ad Campaigns. Silk ruffled into clouds. It all looks effortlessly divine. Design gods like Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld make designing the most fabulous dresses look like one long cocktail party with Anna Wintour picking up the tab. Well, if you’re a designer you know that making it werq is WORK. Hard, annoying, painful and decidedly unglamorous work. Okay, creating clothing as only you can imagine it is incredibly rewarding, but getting those designs into the world on any sort of scale takes a lot of bitch work.

Sneak Peek: Target’s Second Private Label Collection

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Surprisingly, Target is really making a name for itself as a cheap but trendy approach to buying today’s fast fashions. To follow up with it’s first in house collection, the company launches it’s second private label line due to hit stores June 29, and the pieces are, may I say, really cute. The collection of bikinis, one-shoulder ruffled tops, volume-sleeve tunics, and floral-print rompers will set you back a mere $14.99 to $44.99. Here are a few of my favorites that I will be picking up that day.