In today’s post, I wear one of the items I purchased from Zac Posen for Target. I actually bought most of the ZP4T items but expect to return nearly all of them. There’s not anything wrong with the items — it’s just that I think I’m experiencing Designer for Target fatigue. I’ve bought from nearly all of the “collections” and I enjoy a cheap/fast fashion thrill just like anyone else, but I think I have achieved burnout.
Anyway, I barely remembered any of the items after seeing the Target lookbook early in the press release process, so I was surprised when I went to buy that I didn’t recall this dress. You see, I used to own the dress I’m going to show you. My Target dress is cut from the same (or very nearly so) pattern created to make the runway dress …
This dress is from Spring 2003 and is in a different print and fabrication than the Target dress, but is very, very nearly the same dress in terms of cut. It was my first Zac Posen purchase and because I am so lazy about trying on in store, I went with the SA’s recommendation to size up. Well, that was wrong (ZP cuts at the same sizing as most of the Italians BTW) and when I returned the dress, my size was long gone. So, no ZP for me at that time. Now, of course, I’m quite pleased with that outcome because the Target dress is priced far more nicely and is almost as pretty as the “real” one. 
I’ve broken this post into two “venues”. First up is the tree hugging portion …
In the previous pictures, I wore the dress cinched with a Nordstom belt. Since I didn’t like how it photographed, I removed the belt for the sun worship series …
I also wore red patent pumps from Alexander McQueen.
See you soon! — Carole
credits: style.com
