I always get so excited when I hear who is the next big name designer that will be partnering with Target for their Go International collection. I wait for months and months and dream of walking in my local discount superstore and going home with an entire collection of a major fashion house for under $300.

When I see the previews and sneak peeks on-line I get even more excited, imagining how great I’m going to look in every piece. Then I panic that my local Target won’t have the entire collection so I spend hours on the website making sure  I find every single piece (some of them are hidden and won’t pop up until you have tons of stuff in your cart) and buying them in a blind fear that these pieces will be so amazing that the will sell out in Kate Moss H&M time.

7-10 days later I receive the big bulls-eye box, try on my goodies then promptly return them to the store for a full refund. I have NEVER kept one single piece from the Go Collection, and while I don’t expect anything different from Alexander McQueen’s new line, I’ll still be stalking Target.com until I see every studded and ill-fitting piece for myself.

Alexander McQueen will produce a collection for the mega chain that will be available in stores and online from March 1 through April 11, 2009. McQueen said the line is inspired by the British band Duke Spirit. Duke Spirit is a grunge band and lead singer Leila Moss was McQueen’s muse for the collection. The descriptions I’ve been reading from the few people that have seen the McQ collection sound kick-ass cool and right up this bloggers alley…but so did the Alice Temperly, Proenza Schouler and don’t even get me started on the hot-cheaply-made -mess that was Jovovich-Hawk

“The collection has a muted color palette of black, white, gray and tan with accents of cobalt blue and bright pink. Studs and mesh give items an edge. ” He will design a version of his McQ collection simply called McQ Alexander McQueen for Target.The collection will have influences from rock ‘n’ roll and equally as edgy details including studs and tattoo-print fabrics.