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5 Reasons Why The Missoni For Target Mess Is The Worst

by Julia Rubin | 9:13 am, September 21st, 2011

Missoni for Target. Heard of it? We kid! Of course you have! Because if the internet has told us anything this past week, it’s that it is The Most Important Collaboration Of Our Time.

No, I’m not trying to shame your Missoni for Target obsession, America. I share your obsession! To be fair, my obsession lies with Target collabs in general. I have the best pieces from Rodarte, Thakoon, Zac Posen, and more thanks to Target. I intended to add Missoni to my closet, thankyouverymuch. I picked out a few things from the lookbook the day before the collection was to debut, and assumed an 8 a.m. online shopping trip would be perfect. I was wrong! But after hours of refreshing the down-and-out Target website, I managed to get all of the things I wanted: two scarves and two tops (each in two sizes since I couldn’t gauge the fit online).

My experience was annoying, if fairly painless. One scarf is en route to my apartment as we speak, the tops should be arriving in a couple of weeks, and the other scarf in a month. My credit card is being charged as items ship, though I also didn’t spend very much to begin with. Other people were not so lucky! AT ALL. Stores were pillaged, the site crashed, and even those who managed to purchase things online still run the risk of Target not being able to fulfill their orders.

Allow us to round up the top five most offensive bits of info regarding this whole mess:

1. Lots and lots of shoppers got completely and utterly screwed. Racked has been keeping tabs on the retail horror stories, which we thoroughly appreciate. You should probably read about the woman who was charged $1000 even though Target won’t fill her order.

2. People who actually got their hands on the goods look like jerks! There is photographic evidence!

3. People who actually got their hands on the goods are jerks! The eBay markups are obscene — some asking prices are 100 (yes, 100!) times the original retail prices.

4. Celebrities are jerks, too! Those who can afford real Missoni are hogging all the Target stuff. According to Page Six:

When Margherita Missoni’s line went on sale last week at Target, it crashed their Web site. But there was one place that had plenty to go around: Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Night Before Emmy Party at The Lawn in LA’s Century City. Stars such as Claire Danes, Jon Hamm and Sofia Vergara were offered armfuls of Missoni goods. It’s good to be a celebrity — the rest of us will have to wait until the next shipment.

5. Target is the jerkiest! They have bungled this ordeal so badly that we’re even getting an error message when we try to access its press release regarding this whole thing.

Are you pissed? You should be! Tell us all about it in the comments!



  • Lauren

    So I was one of the crazies to wake up extra-early to get my hands on some Missoni goodies. My first item – a black textured pullover sweater – arrived yesterday and I was SO excited to try it on. I ordered an XL (I’m usually a medium) so I could wear it loose… you can imagine my surprise when it barely grazed my belly button! The sweater is legitimately child-sized. FAIL.

  • stewpidtarget

    I placed an order for $1300, recieved an order confirmation in full with total charge, shipping date estimates etc.  No further contact from target, but my friends orders started to ship a few days back fragmenting into seperate shipments or cancelations so I got worried and called.  Spent total 4+ hours with cs “elevated cs” 3 times only to find out NOTHING, but that my order was held in purgatory “procesing” stage and never fullfilled.  I had Chase and Target on the phone with each other in conference because target blamed Chase, and Chase read them the riot act so the cs lady blankly replies “well we’ll just reorder your order”!!!!!.   It is permanently out of stock you boob.

  • Anonymous

    same here! my order is getting delivered today… will post an update when I see the merch :)

  • Tmet

    Nightmare

  • Megs

    I didn’t have any issues…fortunately all of the items I wanted were in the house wares collection, as I didn’t immediately fall in love with any of the clothing related pieces, and think in this case will be far too trendy and massproduced (I have seen several of my students wearing the ballet flats in my classes already) So, no issues and happy girl here.

  • Cmaiooc

    I usually by Missoni full price or on sale. I ordered some from Target still haven’t recieved it called to locate after being told it will be there on the 19th the 28th and so on. Called today the person on the other end of the phone laughed and said its all gone won’t be buying any Missoni any where any time soon.Disgusted

  • Al Gore

    This zig zag stuff is like a migraine waiting to happen.  I think we did this design before, back in the 70s and it was ugly then too.   Missoni has captured the essence of the Strobe light and put it on fabrics. I wonder if it will cause some Target shoppers to have seizures?  

  • http://twitter.com/littlesebastien Sebastien

    I hate all the zig zags (I like only a few of the other designs), why
    are people going so crazy for it?If it didn’t have a Missoni label,
    people would think it was ugly 70′s crap.

  • http://twitter.com/littlesebastien Sebastien

    it’s kinda like Charlie Brown on acid

  • MMay

    Such bull shit. I just spent an hour on the phone with Target Customer Service…half of which I was on hold. After 3 operators and 1 manager, I am told my order was fucking CANCELED because it “could not be fulfilled”…aka they sold out. Fucking bastards. Oh, and the $25 Target gift card you are sending me as an apology? Shoving it right up your ass…you fuck me, I fuck you back.

    Thanks Target! Now die.

  • Fljill37

    Ordered duvet and matching curtains online, free shipping on orders over 50$ and curtains were in sale! 3 weeks later I get 1 certain! The online description is WRONG! I call CS was put on hold transferred laughed at transferred again(2 the phillippins) transferred back to the us only to haft to place another order for the same item now had to pay shipping and was no longer on sale!!! What is so hard about sending me another certain for free??? Target described it wrong, just send me the other half of my order!! No can do they tell me! So I ordered another panel and the guy “Michelle” sent me a Egift card! Thanks now I haft to creat another account for the card ect! FYI do not use Paypal!!! You get stuck with a gift card and the same crappy service!!!

  • Fljill27

    Omg same shit happend to me yesterday!!! On the phone 1 hour and 43 fucking minuets!! Transferred 3x once to the phillipins wtf!! Transferred back and for what NOTHING had to reorder the item that they fucked up with there online discription and a fucking Egift card for 19$!!! Kiss my ass target rot in hell!! You can bet your ass that I’m not gonna get that next package or at least that’s what I’m gonna say! This time I payed with my credit card instead of pay pal! Fuck you fuckers

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    and two tops (each in two sizes since I couldn’t gauge the fit online).

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