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...home-decor products too. Target just added Rachel Ashwell's Simply Shabby Chic collection of bedding, bath accessories, curtains, table linens and throw pillows to its lineup of designer goods, which include home products by Michael Graves and Isaac Mizrahi. LaZBoy has enlisted the help of fashion designer Todd Oldham to put some retro chic into its recliners, and Office Depot is selling a line of home-office furniture and desk accessories created by the Discovery Channel's Home network star Christopher Lowell...
Another key is adaptability. Ashwell's line is designed so that sheets, shower curtains and slipcovers can blend in with existing home furnishings. And Oldham's LaZBoy furniture and accessories--which he calls "personality amplifiers"--are multifunctional. A retro-looking sofa transforms into a bench, a settee or a chaise, and sectionals can be arranged in any configuration imaginable. No need to fluff these pillows...
Moreover, two years filled with SARS, terrorism and war in Iraq have destabilized luxury fashion, driving the business and its creative talent down-market. Designers like Isaac Mizrahi and Todd Oldham have taken refuge--and found success--at Target. And even brands like Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein are playing catch-up with Banana Republic and J. Crew, introducing new, inexpensive lines. As one industry insider put it, "None of the [Gucci brouhaha] matters because we'll all be wearing Target and Abercrombie & Fitch in two years...
...gaining steam. Vintage finished pictures are now being avidly collected, and new sets are being made. The Smithsonian Institution was host to an exhibit called "Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s," which led to a book, Paint by Number, by William L. Bird Jr. Designer Todd Oldham, who has been collecting the canvases for 20 years, recently taught the Today-show audience how to make Valentine's Day presents with paint-by-number kits. Sean Cisewski, inventory-control manager for Herrschners crafts company, says that paint-by-number kits are now the third most popular item...
...fictional creations, the zippy Miss Spider and her bug confederates, began an unprecedented assault on the nation's nurseries, closets and gardens. Kirk's works will become Target's first children's designer brand. And as with the store's popular home products designed by Michael Graves and Todd Oldham, Target will be heavily promoting the signature style of the creator of the merchandise. The aim is for Kirk to become the progenitor of a "children's lifestyle brand." Think Martha Stewart for toddlers...