Confused by the various designer lines and their price points? You are not the only one!This article from WWD, tells the whole story. With most major designer brands having to work hard through this last recession, major fashion designers took no chances and fired on all cylinders in getting their brand to the consumer. We are talking every line in every price tag in every store possible, here just a sample of the lines from Donna Karan, Calvin Klein,Michael Kors and Isaac Mizrahi put out( first fashion line being the most expensive):
DONNA KARAN
• Donna Karan New York Collection (Donna Karan New York retail stores, Neiman’s, Saks, Bergdorf’s, Harvey Nichols, Holt Renfrew)
• DKNY (DKNY retail stores; Neiman’s, Saks, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom)
• DKNYC (Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Lord & Taylor, Dillard’s, Belk)
• DKNY Jeans (Macy’s, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Dillard’s, Belk, Bon-Ton)
CALVIN KLEIN
.Calvin Klein Collection for women and men (Bergdorf’s, Saks, Harvey Nichols, El Corte Inglés and Galeries Lafayette, as well as freestanding Collection stores in the U.S. and Asia)
• ck Calvin Klein (freestanding stores in the Far East, southeast Asia and Europe)
• Calvin Klein white label for women and men (Nordstrom, Belk, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Dillard’s, Bon-Ton and Calvin Klein Web site and freestanding stores in the U.S.)
• Calvin Klein Jeans (Nordstrom, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Dillard’s, Boscov’s, calvinkleinjeans.com, Piperlime.com, Denimexpress.com)
• Calvin Klein Underwear (Nordstrom, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, cku.com, barenecessities.com)
MICHAEL KORS• Michael Kors Collection (Michael Kors retail; Neiman’s, Saks, Nordstrom, Bergdorf’s)
• Michael Michael Kors (Michael Kors retail; Macy’s, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Dillard’s)
ISAAC MIZRAHI
• Isaac Mizrahi New York (Bergdorf’s, Saks, Neiman’s, Jeffrey)
• Liz Claiborne New York (Macy’s, Belk, Bon-Ton until 2010 and, starting for fall 2011, this line will be available exclusively on QVC)
• Isaac Mizrahi Live, lifestyle brand consisting of apparel, handbags, shoes, jewelry, housewares and some foods (exclusive to QVC)
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I am glad to see that some designers are becoming more affordable. Too bad it took a recession to make it happen.