As the long-awaited collaboration between Italian-brand powerhouse Missoni and mass-market favorite Target has come and gone, it is time to review whether it was worth the hype.
Missoni for Target debuted in stores and online Sept. 13, and it carried the various and infamous Missoni prints at Target price points.
The collection featured more than 400 items from knit sweater dresses, flats, boots and heels to paper goods, makeup bags and home and kitchenware items.
Missoni for Target attracted enough shoppers to crash Target's website, and most of the collection sold out in stores natiowide the day of debut.
Currently, there are few to no pieces of the collection left at the Target in Tiger Town, and the only place to find the most popular items is at Target's website or--at higher prices--on eBay.
"I definitely wouldn't buy it on eBay," said Jenny Steele, senior in journalism. "That's the whole reason I went on the first day. I was so excited about it for months, and there's no way I would get it if it runs out in stores."
For a name brand to make an inexpensive line, those eBay prices may be reasonable and worth it to some. But for others, it may just be another outfit to pass up.
I think it's great that Target offers what would be an expensive collection to the mass market in an inexpensive way, and this time they succeeded in bringing a classic, iconic style to anyone who desired it.
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