Say it ain’t so.
Tell me it isn’t true.
There is no way Isaac Mizrahi would ever leave Target to design clothes for dowdy designer, Liz Claiborne, right?

Wrong.

According to the New York Times (I wish this article were in a less prestigious publication like Star or something… at least then I could argue its truth) Mizrahi is giving up on Target in search of greener (read: more lucrative) pastures. He has been named head designer at the failing label, in hopes that his big name and fashion-forward designs will pump some life into Ms. Claiborne’s line for women.

Obviously, Target is having a difficult time dealing with this news. Isaac Mizrahi was the first high end designer to work with Target, later inspiring many other exclusive designers to make clothes for the regular woman (Proenza Schoeller, Erin Fetherston, Vera Wang).

Without Mizrahi Target may lose out on potential new designers and, more importantly, their target (ha!) audience. Without Mizrahi Target may become…gasp….K-Mart!

But forget about that multi-million dollar chain store for a minute. What about me? What am I supposed to do? I am a fashionista on a budget. Where the hell am I supposed to find clothes that are fashionable, flattering and fit in with my meager post-college entry level salary?! Not at Liz Claiborne where their stuff looks like this!

I am having somewhat of a breakdown. I just looked through my closet (and accompanying dressers, drawers and piles of clothes strewn around my apartment) and a good 65% of my clothes are Isaac Mizrahi designs. Not to mention my sheets, towels and other various accoutrements around my home.

I don’t know what I am going to do; where I am going to shop. I can only hope Target will find someone to fill Mizrahi’s very large and fierce shoes. Until then, I may actually get out of Target without spending a minimum of $100.

Ugh. Even that doesn’t make me feel any better.