Isaac Mizrahi's Spring Collection for Liz Claiborne

Despite Isaac Mizrahi's noncompete with Target a few of his sketches for Liz Claiborne have made their way into the open. The consensus from WWD is that they are fresh and very much in the spirit of Isaac. Lynn Yaeger prepares for Fashion Week at Zara in order to avoid the fuel versus food dilemma. Which might be fine since apparently it's all just a case of history repeating with this season's trends. If we are all just lemmings then its no surprise Japan Fashion Week is being called quirky and derivative. Or Japan's independent shows are getting lambasted because its just too expensive for many designers to show in the traditional style, taking away valuable resources for real creativity to spark. Even a bare bones show costs $100,000. To which we say just host a nice intimate presentation guys, your editor REALLY prefer the low key stuff. Though we still prefer at least a market appointment not just an video. In retail news, Chanel is getting more space at Saks and Bergdorfs, ostensibly because they need sage superstar brands in this downturn. Moschino has opened a new Meatpacking District Flagship. It will carry the full collection as well as diffussion lines like the inappropriately named Chic and Cheap which is only one of those things.