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Target's newest product partnership isn't with a fancy luxury runway designer or an iconic textiles brand. The superstore retailer has teamed up with FEED Projects—Lauren Bush Lauren's organization that's dedicated itself, from the get-go, to helping people, especially women and children, around the world. And: FEED Projects is one of our personal favorite charities."As the founder of FEED, I am passionate about the fight against hunger and am thrilled to partner with Target to create our...Read Full Story

(Photo by Getty)Holy, uh, ship — has Kmart been on a role lately with its latest batch of commercials or what? (Um, have you seen the one with the water-skiing squirrel? Amazeballs.) Anywho, over the weekend the retail chain launched a campaign that uses sleight of mouth to promote its brand-new free shipping service. How so? Well, let's just say in the ad people — of all ages, mind you — proclaim their excitement over their ability to, um, ship their pants. (If you don't get it, say it out...Read Full Story

Just launched: Fairjour.com, which combined a laid-back handcrafted aesthetic with a high-tech experienceLianna Shen and Alex Kirmse used to work at online retailer behemoth Zappos.com—she as the head of VIP.Zappos.com's loyalty platform and he as the head of mobile front-end development and user experience. With resumes like that, what do you think the duo did when they left the Henderson, NV, HQ of one of the world's most innovative (and popular!) e-comm sites? Why, they founded their own...Read Full Story

(Danica Lo / StyleBistro)Beauty and sparkle junkies, behold: we've found the perfect conflagaration of your two obsessions—on HSN! Seriously. Clarins has teamed up with Swarovski to create an exclusive beauty range called Aura by Swarovski—and all the products will debut on HSN April 15th.The product line, which will include a fragrance, six Crystallize Your Lips lipsticks, solid perfume, and a Crystal Gloss makeup jewel that has a really pretty sparkly pink lip gloss inside—that is, by the...Read Full Story

(PacificCoastNews.com) The Gucci store in London got ram-raided today, holy cow. Talk about crimes of fashion. Late last night, a gang of thieves crashed a Mercedes into Gucci's flagship store on London's Sloane Street and made off with more than 30 items worth more than $160,000 in total—including one limited-edition crocodile-skin handbag worth about $50,000 that had recently been on display at London Fashion Week.Reports from the scene of the crime claim that the thieves "knew...Read Full Story

(Photo via Louis Vuitton) As if you needed another reason to steer clear of buying "designer" bags off this street, here's one more. According to a report in WWD, lawmakers are pushing to pass a bill that would make it illegal to buy counterfeit merch off the streets of New York City — currently there are laws against selling but not buying — especially in (where else?) Chinatown.Under the re-proposed legislation (it was first introduced in 2011) you could be charged with a class A...Read Full Story

(Photo illustration using Thinkstock) Escalator Helicoptors, the new thingNext time you're at your local mall picking up some underpants or a smoothie, make sure to keep an eye on the escalators—you might just catch a bozo or two trying to pull off the latest YouTube trend, Escalator Helicoptoring. What are Escalator Helicoptors? It's when someone decides to lie prone on their back on both an up and down escalator handrail, and let the up-and-down motions twirl them around. Like a helicoptor...Read Full Story

(Photo by Getty) Target shoppers, rejoice! In the midst of a massive beauty revamp — have you noticed any changes at your local bullseye lately? — the big-box retailer is now setting its sights on the skin and hair care aisles.According to a report in WWD, Target plans to start "reinventing" these product categories next month, marking the beginning of a much "more expansive evolution" that's to come in 2014. In short, more luxury brands and more innovative products (namely anti-aging...Read Full Story

(Stitchagram)If your Instagram account is anything like our Instagram account, it's bee-yoo-tee-ful! Ha ha. No, okay, maybe our Instagrams will never make it to the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, but we love how Instagram helps us chronicle quirky, cute, special, and weird moments in our everyday life—all in 1970s-inspired filters!If you've ever wondered what, exactly, to do with all your pretty pretty Instagrams—we like to print them out using Printstagram—here's an idea...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Holly Rilinger leads a group of NFL guys in a Flywheel workoutIn case you've been wondering how fashion and beauty editors stay so slim, here's an insider tip—everyone I know in media right now goes spinning at least two or three times each week and is pretty much either a die-hard Flywheel fan or a SoulCycle fan. Yes. Biking to nowhere makes you skinny. And, apparently, Flywheel and SoulCycle are so addictive that reserving bikes is a really cutthroat process—I know women who...Read Full Story