the behnaz sarafpour collection has been in at target since the beginning of the month and i didn't get a chance to check it out until this past weekend. i wasn't really expecting much; i'm not so much a fan of her designs and i definitely wasn't that excited about the other designers' stuff thus far (with the exception of a luella motorcycle jacket and a paul & joe capelet). so i mean it's not a big shock that i wasn't crazy about this collection either. i WAS surprised, though, at how like, OLD NAVY it all was - everything just looked like low-priced 'work separates.' and what DIDN'T scream old navy just seemed OLD. i was kind of excited to see this online:

i thought the shape was really great, but then i saw that it's FAUX PERSIAN LAMB. check the ren-fair closures. and the stuff that was supposed to be CUTE AND FUN, i guess, were the strapless, voluminous cocktail dresses, but they were essentially the exact same as the ones that were in the luella bartley and the paul & joe collections, just in different colors.
i mean, like i said, i wasn't majorly disappointed because i wasn't expecting to love it or anything. and it wasn't unredeemable - there were cute pieces, i guess, if you appreciate that whole ann taylor thing. i WAS bummed, though, because i swear to god i saw a dope leather hoodie in one of the print ads, and i didn't see it anywhere in the store or online. i would kill for that thing, if it actually exists. and i kind of wish i had one of her charm bracelets, but only if it consisted entirely of the pizza slices.