8-Feb-2012 - Jason Wu for Target Sells Out

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ABC News’ Christina Ng and Lauren Effron report: Mere hours after Target released designer Jason Wu’s limited-edition collection in-store and online Sunday, the fashion line was sold out. “The collection became available shortly after midnight online, and was sold out within a few hours,” said Joshua Thomas, a spokesman for Target. “The feedback from consumers has been overwhelming positive. …Jason MLB jerseys Wu is a fashion darling and his collection is very wearable by a variety of body types and styles.” Thomas added that out of the 1,800 Target stores nationwide, 1,200 of those stores carried Wu’s collection and many were “sold out or running low.” Shoppers  in nfl headset some locations waited hours before the stores opened to get a chance to buy the apparel, while others raced to several stores only to find empty racks. “This is actually my fifth Target store,” shopper Nancy Russell told ABC affiliate WZVN in the Fort Myers area in Florida. Target launched Wu’s  Capsule Collection with NFL jerseys cheap clothing items priced at 60 or less. This follows the mass retailer’s enormous success with getting other high-fashion designers, most recently Missoni, on board to offer affordable collections to the masses. Wu famously designed the white evening gown first lady Michelle Obama wore to the presidential inaugural ball in 2009. The gown is now on display in a Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C.

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