News and Reports covering the NY fashion industry publisher@lookonline.com http://www.lookonline.com/blogger.html 40.776777-73.954103 Although, based on reports of the bare racks at 12 Manhattan Gap stores around town, the title should really be, ''Emptying the Gap''. Within 24 hours of 9 Gap Design Editions white shirts and shirtdresses $68-$88 hitting the stores, (a brilliant partnership forged between the Gap, the CFDA, and Vogue Fashion Fund), all the small sizes (and then some) baring the labels of Doo.Ri, Rodarte, and Thakoon, were completely sold out. In fact, only the very large sizes are still available (if that). Following on the heels of H and M's past customer feeding frenzies thanks to their collaborations with the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, and Viktor and Rolf, the Gap insured that there would be only a limited number of those white shirts made available and as you know, there is nothing like scarcity to get the customer's juices flowing. Fortunately I hit the Gap at 59th and Lexington yesterday (where business was brisk though not exactly frenetic before noon). Having determined that it's mathematically impossible to have too many white shirts (especially when they're ''reinvented'' as www.fashionwiredaily.com described) and without trying anything on (selecting only size small and one extra small), I quickly selected a Doo.Ri Chung three quarter sleeved long blouse with v neck and extra attached scarf (to tie as you like - an idea that certainly appealed to me, a crisp Thakoon pin tucked and lantern sleeved blouse with attached tie the collar, and two very sweet and cool looking Rodarte designs (a cut in sleeved trapeze top with gathered neckline and a scoop neck tank style top decorated with tiny bows both of which I decided would come in handy on those 'dog days' of August). http://www.lookonline.com/blogger.html