Missoni for Target Shuts Target.com Down!

High-end fashion designers' collaboration with department stores is all the rage: Lanvin for H&M, Vera Wang for Kohl's and now (drumroll, please!) the most popular of them all -- Missoni for Target. That's right, Missoni shut down Tar-jay's site for most of yesterday and even part of this morning.

Target shoppers lined up in droves and mobbed Target stores to get their hands on the new Missoni digs - with their trademark, colorful zig zag patterns --- and home decor. The website crashed and the collection? A good chunk of it sold out in mere minutes, yup, minutes.

Usually, this is reserved for Black Fridays, not a Tuesday in mid-September.

We may be in a recession, but HairNistas love a good bargain, especially when it's from a luxury Italian knit designer like Missoni. Really, the 400-piece collection at Target is a steal at $2.99 (stationary), $59.99 for coats and $599.99 for patio furniture.

Normally, Missoni's luxury knit goods fetch $595 to $1,500.

And, if you weren't among the lucky few to get it, you may be out of luck. The collection was available a limited time, until late October. If you do get it, you'll have to cough up the dough: Already, folks have uploaded their Missoni bounty on eBay, asking double the price.

Were you able to get Missoni at Target?