[Images via Style.com, not the Target Collection]

I’m a big fan of Target’s collaboration collections, so I was very pleasantly surprised to hear that a rumor concerning the partnering one of my favorite designers and the mass merchant has been confirmed.

And the designer is – get this – Jean Paul Gaultier! Fashionistas over the country rejoice as they will be able to get a piece of the legendary French designer for prices that are too good to be true (especially in this economy)!

Gaultier becomes the third to create a line for Target’s Designer Collaborations program, which features “well-established designers who draw inspiration from a collaborative partner, muse or creative element.” Gaultier’s line will be based off of the American woman, including elements of pop culture style, both past and present.

Mark your calendars now! The collection hits 250 stores nationwide and Target.com on March 7, 2010 and will be available for purchase through April 11, 2010. Additional information (including images!) will be available in February 2010 – we’ll be sure to keep you posted!

-Sarah Nason

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A bustier dress has been defined over and over again as the ultimate in sexy. Although a bustier top or dress by Jean Paul Gaultier or Proenza Schouler would be ideal, an inexpensive price point is more in line with reality these days. That makes this Pleated Bust Dress, $32 an exceptional find. Available in three colors, my choice would be black, as you can definitely get extra mileage out of it that way.

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Yoji Yamamoto

Yves Saint Laurent

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• Lanvin S/S 2009 Collection

Alber Elbaz elevated the theme of the classic college toga party to the realm of high fashion in his Spring collection for Lanvin, by taking the look of a messy twisted and tied sheet and reinventing it as perfectly draped, one shoulder dresses in colorful stain and chiffon fabric. Nothing in this collection was simple, yet nothing was over the top either. The draping of these pieces, along with ruching, ballooned sleeves and hourglass waists (similar to Calvin Klein’s abstract collection), as well as the contrasting colors decorated and updated ordinary styles like the little black dress.

• Hermès S/S 2009 Collection
  

Originally, us trendy New York fashionistas thought cowboy hats and fringe belonged solely as a Halloween costume, or on our mid-west cousin Sally. However, the minute we saw veterans Stephanie Seymour and Naomi Campbell walk down the cactus strewn runway in Jean-Paul Gaultier’s Wild West creations, we couldn’t help but fall in love. As only Hermès could achieve with this theme, there was nothing tacky or cliché about the collection. Models donning black cowboy hats and riding gloves, and dark aviators looked like chic bandits ready to rob a bank or win a shootout. Even in a delicate and revealing red gown, Naomi Campbell looked fierce enough to intimidate any tough wrangler. We were drooling over the fringed Birkin and signature Hermès suitcases in snakeskin and zebra prints that helped add a dose of Parisian chic to this wild rodeo show.