# Target gives dress code a designer spin

> Target is bringing Isaac Mizrahi back into its stores with optional red workwear for employees.
- Title: Target gives dress code a designer spin · Business Insider
- Summary: Target is bringing Isaac Mizrahi back into its stores with optional red workwear for employees. Target is using fashion to make a stricter employee dress…
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- Source: Business Insider — https://businessinsider.com/target-mizrahi-exclusive-apparel-for-employees-dress-code-2026-9
- Author: Dominick Reuter
- Published: 2026-09-15T22:27:07.77+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: target, retail, fashion, workwear, dress code, business, technology
## A redder dress code
Target workers now have tighter outfit rules: blue or beige pants, plus tops in the chain's signature red. The goal is to make staff easier for shoppers to spot.

> Dress code is important because we want our team members to be recognizable to our guests.
## Mizrahi joins the uniform
Target is offering an employee-only apparel line in bullseye red, shaped by Isaac Mizrahi. It nods to the old 'Tar-zhay' image that made Target feel stylish and affordable.
## Cheap, optional pieces
The 16-piece Collection 186 starts at $10 before employee discounts. It goes on sale October 5, with some limited items gone for good if they sell out.
## More than basic vests
The line includes performance shirts, track jackets, cardigans, blazers, and vests. Employees can still buy dress-code-friendly clothes anywhere, or borrow basic store vests.
## A little swagger
Target says the collection is meant to serve both practical workers and fashion-minded ones. Leaders want employees to feel the clothes were made for them.

> It's also to create that feeling of a little bit of swagger.
## Design as support
Mizrahi returned this summer as creative director at large. Target is betting that better-looking workwear can help employees match the higher service standard it now wants.

> If we're going to be asking our team to elevate the experience, we need to be supporting them to do that.
## Key takeaway

Target is using fashion to make a stricter employee dress code feel more polished, more branded, and less like a rule handed down from above.