Target Debuts Bowie by Keanan Duffty
Fall 2007 Collection
Rock legend David Bowie is inspiration behind limited-edition men?s collection
Minneapolis (September 2007) ? British musician-turned-designer Keanan Duffty drew inspiration from rock legend David Bowie to create a limited-edition men?s collection for Target this fall. Bowie has inspired Duffty since childhood and through his music, taught the designer to experiment across different creative mediums. Duffty applies this lesson to his eclectic encore collection that debuts on October 14 at most Target stores and on Target.com.
The new men?s fashion collection for Target includes tuxedo jackets and pants, dress shirts and rocker tees. Featuring a subdued color palette, standout pieces include a trench coat, lightning bolt t-shirt and black puffer vest. Rocker must-haves such as button-down shirts with skinny ties, thermal t-shirts with musical decals and the ultra-hip skinny black jean round out the collection and range in price from $14.99-$59.99.
Several of the collection?s key pieces draw direct inspiration from characters and songs by David Bowie. The tuxedo, vest and pants were inspired by David?s Thin White Duke persona, the song “Station to Station” and his most recent album “Reality.” The dress shirts and trench coat are references to David?s first movie role as Thomas Jerome Newton in The Man Who Fell to Earth. In addition, the gray button-down shirt features Bowie?s “Let?s Dance” lyrics scripted onto the fabric.
“David Bowie has always brought ?left field? ideas to mainstream pop culture and has defined his own unique aesthetic and personality,” Duffty said. “Target strives to bring creativity and individuality to its guests, making this collection a perfect fit.”
In addition, an exclusive David Bowie compilation CD which will include some material never-before released on CD will be available at Target and displayed alongside the fashion collection. The CD, entitled “Strangers When We Meet,” will retail for $4.99 and features tracks from forthcoming and proposed Virgin/EMI David Bowie catalog releases, including newly remastered, classic live versions of “The Jean Genie,” “Young Americans,” “Word on a Wing” and more.
In 1993, Keanan Duffty began his career in New York, designing men?s collections now available at Bloomingdale?s, Bergdorf Goodman and Fred Segal. Believing that music and fashion go hand-in-hand, Duffty has shaped his menswear collections with innovative and patterned fabrics, rock ?n? roll elements and British iconography. The designer has dressed the likes of the Sex Pistols and Aerosmith, and has gained recognition from celebrities and fashion moguls alike with his original collections.
David Bowie, a prominent figure on the rock music scene for over five decades, is widely regarded as an influential innovator, especially for his musical work from the 1970s. Taking cues from a wide range of fine art, philosophy and literature Bowie has become one of the most iconic players in the music industry.
The limited-edition Bowie by Keanan Duffty collection will be available at most Target stores and Target.com October 14 through December 24, 2007. Keanan Duffty?s fall 2007 collection will be available at select Target stores and on Target.com in September.
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