Did you miss out on Lilly for Target like I mostly did? I just heard of something that cheered me right up — MILLY has done a line for Kohl’s! I had no idea Kohl’s was also doing designer collaborations as well! It seems like everyone is getting in on this trend–Target, Kohl’s, Gap. Kohl’s designer collaborations are released under the DesigNation label. Previous designer collaborations include collections from Elie Tahari (a few items still online), Derek Lam (a few items still online), Peter Som and Catherine Malandrino. Thakoon was announced today and will be coming this fall.
The MILLY for DesigNation collection is online now and launches in stores Thursday April 23 and looks FABULOUS. Oh my goodness, I’m kind of glad I didn’t spend all my money on Lilly at Target because there are some SERIOUSLY cute dresses in this collection. It looks like the collection goes from sizes 0-16 and XXS-XL.
MILLY for DesigNation at Kohl’s
I love MILLY’s beautiful, vibrant prints and this collection features tons of those.
This midi dress is so sexy. I love the black straps and waist defining section. Not sure how I feel about midi dresses though… I am ordering this one and I’ll have to try it on to see how it looks on me.
This dress is also in my shopping cart. I love the bright floral print!
MILLY for DesigNation at Kohl’s – Mommy and Me Look 1MILLY for DesigNation at Kohl’s – Mommy and Me Look 2
There are even 2 matching Mommy and me looks! The girl’s dresses only come in 4-6x so they are quite limited and my little one won’t fit in the size 4 yet. Hopefully they will do an expanded size selection next time!
Links for Lilly Pulitzer for Target are now live! Here’s a sampling of what is out there. I think the full collection isn’t going to be released until midnight PST, however every year there are always a few things that go up early! Hurry hurry! I’ll keep updating as I find more links.
Update: Wow, everything sold out super fast. I was on at 10:30pm PST trying to get links to the early released items. The Target twitter team said that everything would be released by midnight PST, but by 12:20, things were still not online.
Finally, at around 12:30 PST, the Target website and mobile website were updated and all items should have been available. I was able to find the Sea Urchin maxi dress and checked out immediately. A few minutes later, I found links for the other items I was interested in but I wasn’t able to check out and was stuck at the shopping cart page. I was so bummed.
I woke up this morning and was able to snag 2 items for my daughter using the mobile site. Went into the local store at around 10AM and there were 2 items left on the women’s rack, 3 items in girls, 1 in toddlers and 2 poufs and a few hammock stands in home goods. Everything went super fast! I had my husband check out another Target as he was coming back from another part of town and he was able to snag 3 items for our daughter. In some parts of the country, racks were CLEARED 5 minutes after store opening! Whoa!
I’ll probably check back on the website periodically over the next 2-3 weeks and maybe in-store, but I think I might be out of luck for the women’s items I was interested in unless I want to hit up eBay. Congrats to everyone who was able to score what they wanted!
I’ve been looking for a cute cover up and this is really cute. I wish that I had been able to get it before my Hawaii trip!
Lilly Pulitzer for Target – Eyelet Tunic Coverup ($32)
As much of a purse lover as I am, I actually don’t own any clutches! I think this one is fun. I’m leaning towards the colorful one, but the gold one is also beautiful.
Lilly Pulitzer for Target – Embroidered Clutch in the Nosie Posey print ($24)
Here’s a cute Mommy and Daughter combo. The top children’s dress is available in both toddler and girls sizes. The bottom style is only in toddler sizes. I think this is my favorite print of the whole collection.
Lilly Pulitzer for Target – Seashells for Mommy and Daughters (top children’s dress available in toddler & girls sizes; bottom dress in toddler sizes only)
Here’s a few more matchy-matchy dresses. The blue sea urchin print says it is “satin”. I’m not sure how I feel about satin, so I definitely want to check it out in store. There are also a few more options in girls sizes so that the outfits aren’t exactly the same.
Lilly Pulitzer for Target Mommy and Daughter Dresses in Sea Ya Later and Sea Urchin for You prints
Are you planning on shopping the Lilly Pulitzer for Target collection? What do you think about matching outfits for mommys and daughters?
I mentioned in a previous post that Nordstrom has done away with their Half-Yearly sales and will now be doing 6 sales that align with holidays (President’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day and After Christmas) in addition to their flagship Anniversary Sale in July. I’m not sure what is happening to their designer clearance sale which has always been separate from their main Half-Yearly sales.
Nordstrom 40% off Clearance Sale
The first sale of the year starts February 11, 2015 and will end February 22, 2015. I’m not sure what an “end” date is for, since Nordstrom doesn’t typically “temporarily” mark down merchandise for a sale the way Macy’s does. Once an item is on sale at Nordstrom, it is permanently that price or further marked down until it leaves the store.
They’ve announced that the sale will be in men’s, women’s and children’s apparel departments and will have selected merchandise up to 40% off.
April 2017 Update: From the comments, there have been TONS of issues with the whiteboard calendar bubbling. Since I don’t have this piece, I haven’t experienced it myself. If any of you readers would like to submit a photo so I can post it here, please send it in. I can be reached at shoppingismyworkout @ gmail dot com. Thanks 🙂
Ok so in my last post, I detailed how I fell in love with the Pottery Barn Daily System and how it took a month for it to all arrive at my doorstep!
Pottery Barn Daily System
Now onto a review of the daily system itself!
First off, I love how there are so many components for various purposes. I love that you can build something totally custom to what your needs are.
Second, I think it is generally well made. The pieces feel solid and the paint is well done. I’m happy with how it looks on the wall, but getting it mounted was another saga.
I had my husband help me with the whole process and we both got really frustrated with how difficult it was to mount and with how long it ended up taking.
First, we pasted the paper template to the wall where we wanted the display rod to go. I love that Pottery Barn includes mounting templates! (They also include them with the Gallery Wall frames which were IMMENSELY helpful!)
We made sure that the template was level, then we figured out whether or not we need to use the drywall anchors or not. It turns out we were not going to be able to use any studs so we had to screw in the anchors first. Next we screwed in the screws for the display rod.
Pottery Barn Daily System 24″ Display Rod
We slid the linen pinboard into the rod to check it out and we came upon problem #1: the pinboard was not even CLOSE to being flush with the wall. The display bar was ever so slightly angled and this was causing the pinboard to “kick out” about a 1/2″. We loosened the display bar slightly and got the pinboard to hang a bit better. You can see below, we never actually got it fully 100% flush with the wall, but its close enough.
Pottery Barn Daily System – not 100% flush with the wall
The next problem I noticed was that the pinboard was crooked–really, really crooked. We were so confused because we had made sure that the anchors were all going into the wall in a straight line. We checked and rechecked and couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the mounting bar. I had a mini level (like this one) that came with a photo frame so we used that to check that the display bar was perfect. Then we started checking the pinboard for clues. Turns out that the pinboard’s hooks were problematic.
Pottery Barn Daily System – Pinboard
As you can see, the pinboard hangs on the display bar via those two hooks. The hooks slide into the cylindrical space on the display bar.
Pottery Barn Daily System – Display Hook
Unfortunately, pinboard’s hooks were not mounted evenly. Fortunately though, they were screwed in and not hammered in, so they were relatively easy to adjust. My husband made a few adjustments and we were able to make it so that the pinboard was less crooked. Ultimately, there wasn’t enough “give” in the positioning to make it perfect but it is fairly close now.
Once we got the pinboard up, the lower letter bin and organizer were much easier. I made the mistake of ordering 2 separate 12″ bars. I really should have ordered a single 24″ bar, but oh well, it is fine. I couldn’t figure out how to snap the “joining” piece onto the 2 half sized bars so we left that out.
Pottery Barn Daily System – Hurray! We finished!
Ultimately, the daily system ended up being ever so slightly crooked. The pinboard hangs slightly to the left due to the unbalanced hooks. It was a 1/4″ difference before we adjusted everything and now its closer to 1/8″.
Because the pinboard is not straight, the lower level did not align with the bottom of the pinboard. We ended up “cheating” everything over slightly so it aligned. If you look really closely, the components are not 100% lined up with the display bars. We tried to make it look as straight as possible because just outside of the photo above is the end of the wall, making it really obvious that it ever so slightly crooked.
Overall, I’m fairly happy with the purchase, but I don’t know if I’d risk the marital strife and stress again! I am a bit OCD about having everything line up and be square and it bugs me a little that it isn’t. Hopefully once we use it for awhile I won’t notice anymore 🙂
