Budget Fashion

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction: Missoni for Target Announced

Mary Hall | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Target, Target Designer Collaboration, Target Style, Missoni, Budget Fashion, Angela Misson, Luxury Fashion, Style News
Mary Hall

The new Target designer will be luxury fashion brand Missoni. This is simply a sign of the times. Fashion houses are hurting, and budget collections for Target offer a great way to raise some revenue.

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New York Fashion Week: "Something New York," DKNY Fall 2011

Mary Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donna Karan Fashion, Budget Fashion, Donna Karan, New York Fashion Week 2011, Fashion Week, Dkny, DKNY Fall 2011, Style News
Mary Hall

I really think of DKNY as the Super Bowl of New York Fashion Week. That's because I know that these are pieces I am going to really going to wear and buy.

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Attention K-Mart Shoppers

Adrien Field | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target, Zara, Fashion, Budget Fashion, H&M, K-Mart, Style News
Adrien Field

Budget-conscious fashion has been exploding over the last decade with retailers like H&M, Forever 21, and Zara leading the way for high style at low prices.

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Secondhand Shopping Loses Its Stigma In Poland

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS KULISH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recession Shopping, Fashion, Poland Recession, Budget Fashion, Poland, Recession, Style News

Thrift stores here have become impromptu laboratories of the changing mores and attitudes in a country adjusting to newfound wealth. Young Poles here ...

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The Land Of Lost Luggage (Or Where To Buy Other People's Stuff On The Cheap)

Kira Craft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Land of Lost Luggage, Travel, Budget Fashion, Lost Luggage, Unclaimed Baggage Center, Recession, Fashion, Holiday Travel, Style News
Kira Craft

I've got some heavy baggage that travels along with my luggage. It's not physical, but emotional--each year around this time my anxiety mounts as I pl...

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Americans Rich And Poor Pawn More To Pay Bills

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Budget Style, Recession, Budget Fashion, Pawn Shops, Style News

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif./PHOENIX (Reuters) - Whether it's a Tiffany diamond or a three-year-old lawnmower, more and more Americans from all social classe...

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$950 Haircuts Hit The Black Market

nytimes.com | LAUREN LIPTON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fashion, Budget Fashion, Recession, Recession Fashion, Haircuts, 950 Dollars for a Haircut, Black Market Haircuts, Style News

Welcome to the stealth world of the underground hair party, an exclusive girls' night that combines the pursuit of beauty with the irresistible appeal...

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The Recessionista: Ready For Her Close-Up

Kira Craft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couture, Affordable, Recessionista, Consumers Spending Less, Economy, Fashionista, Retail, Fashion, Leslie Ann Horgan, Recession, Budget Fashion, Budget Living, Style News
Kira Craft

She's ready for her close up now and poised to become America's new sweetheart, the girl who's super stylish on a dime and wears her tight budget as comfortably as couture.

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Luxury For Rent

Kira Craft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Luxury, Budget Fashion, Fashion, Fashion/Apparel, Economy, Style News
Kira Craft

It's always been sage advice to buy what you love, but if you can't afford to buy, should you rent instead? Over the last few years a handful of onlin...

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How To Swap Instead Of Shop

New York | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fashion, Budget Fashion, Budget Living, Poverty, Clothing Swap, Economy, Style News

You hate everything in your closet, but you don't want to buy anything. Easy to fix. Hold a clothing-swap meet or, as my friend Jane calls them, "frie...

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20 Ways To Keep Warm For Under $300

Refinery29.com | Christene Barberich & Piera Gelardi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheap Winter Coats, Budget Fashion, Winter Coats, Fashion, Style News

Baby, it's cold outside! So, like clockwork, we've embarked on one of our favorite annual shopping pilgrimages: the search for a cool winter coat. Eve...

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Gown and Out: How to Look Fabulous in the Upcoming Depression

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fashion, Budget Fashion, Gown, Economy, Jewelry, Recession, Style, Carl Icahn, Glamor, Accessories, Satire, Hermes, Depression, Bergdorf, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Just remember: poverty doesn't have to be inconvenient for those accustomed to the best. Weathering tough times in style just takes a little creativity.

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