Celebrities have recently made the transformation to owning and creating their own fashion lines, but are they affordable? When Sarah Jessica Parker first came out with her clothing line called Bitten she sold the line at a retailer named Steve and Barry’s. Since then the company has gone bankrupt and now her pieces can be found as “leftovers” throughout eBay and other discount stores. Many of the pieces from Bitten are priced to reach the affordable buyer, yet provide up to date styles for women of all ages. Many of these pieces are in a decent price range considering the current state of the economy, SJP hopes to return her clothing line to a different retailer, according to a recent article by Paula Darnell.
Other celebrities jumping on the fashion clothing line bandwagon include Hilary Duff, Lauren Conrad, Whitney Port, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Sean P Diddy Combs, just to name a few. A list of celebrity fashion lines can be found here at a glance, and many have their own websites and information marketing their name to the brand.
This year’s recession had undoubtedly hit many of these celebrity fashion lines as the economy continues to plummet, so will the future of these fashion lines. Many of these labels have had to downgrade to certain retailers as Wal Mart, where you can find clothing from Taylor Swift, and clothing aiming towards tweens from Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen.
The competition within the fashion industry has become “over saturated with celebrity brands” Victoria Beckham said in a recent interview.
Certain online shopping sites have made their products recession friendly such as Bluefly
ChicStar an online site dedicated to affordable fashion where users can bid on particular items.
Classic Closeouts is another web friendly site that has a wide variety of clothing for men, women and children where prices are so affordable it would be hard not to buy anything.
A recent shoe purchase I made was inspired by from Jessica Simpson’s shoe collection, and at half the value. The original shoe costs $95.00 plus tax and this same replica of the shoe was $18.99 at a retail shop downtown L.A.
* source high.heels.com
