Kardashian Fashion Empire in Crisis

By Tracey Harrington McCoy Posted Dec 9th 2010 09:45PM

After finding huge success in reality TV, the Kardashian sisters appear to be struggling in the fashion side of their business. Their business took two big hits on Thursday--and it's not clear how the sisters plan to recover.

First, UsMagazine.com reports that the Kim, Khloe and Kourtney's collaboration with clothing line Bebe is coming to an end.

"We are very pleased with the performance of the 'Kardashians for bebe' apparel collection and have immensely enjoyed our design collaboration with Kim, Khloe and Kourtney. They are terrific brand ambassadors and resonate really well with our clients," an official statement from Bebe said.

"Our original ready to wear agreement with the Kardashians began last February and will conclude with the upcoming Resort Delivery," it continued.

The statement came just says after Bebe president, Emilia Fabricant, gave an interview to WWD where she admitted to rethinking the partnership. "The sisters do still have relevance. We need to move with fashion and we want to be first in the fashion world with everybody else and not fall behind. We are definitely assessing the situation," Fabricant said.

In addition to the Bebe situation, a column in Thursday's New York Times gave a scathing review of the Kardashian sister's NYC boutique, Dash.

"Dash is a fashion desert, just oodles of drippy cowl necks and embellished cap sleeves and synthetic fibers," the story reported. "Clothes are essentially split into two categories of fit: vacuum-sealed and hot-air balloon."

"As in most theme parks, there wasn't anything worth carrying away but memories." Times writer Jon Caramanica concluded.

The sisters have yet to comment on the Bebe partnership or the Times article.

Tags: khloe kardashian, Kim Kardashian, kourtney kardashian

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Friday 10 December

By MAGOOS

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Relevance? I think these three haridans have just about exhausted their stay in the public eye. Too busy man hunting!

By ablacksafari

They won't be broke ever because they will find some rich,dumb,athletes to get with like always. Like mother, like daughters. It's all throwing away your morals for greed...

By Rock Fossil

They all look like aliens from another galaxy! U-glee.

By C

I always thought that Khloe looked like a transvestite.

By KELLI2L

~ I think that their high-priced Kardashian credit card may have done them in. It caused people to really pay attention to their need for GREED.

By Heartbreak Kid

what a shame......get a real job, then

By rlnyny

Start writing the sponsors of these shows... the people who advertise on their freak shows. It has to stop somewhere. Please!!

By MARY

They are a strange family, indeed. The oldest has a baby out of wedlock, lives with a fellow much younger, they always argue, no wedding. Kim is so into Kim that it is dangerous. She could never be a runway model because she is too short and has a big butt. Khloe looks like she has a different father. She does not look anything like her two older sisters, they are shorter, darker (Armenian)and she does NOT know how to dress for her size. If they were smart, they would use feminine styles with a bit of a tailored look, where the average person could wear their clothes, because most women are not a size 2 or 4. As far as their choice in men, two of them only go with black athletes, which is not stable to begin with. The tiny one looks out of place with her constant baby carriage and no expression on her face. I can't see where they are truly happy, and they do a lot of senseless things. No decent white man would bother with any of them unless they wanted PR for a day or two. These sisters are not the ones you take home to a nice guy's family.

Saturday 11 December

By Kelli

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"As far as their choice in men, two of them only go with black athletes, which is not stable to begin with." "No decent white man would bother with any of them unless they wanted PR for a day or two." WOW Mary, racist much??

By dwr1222

I mean who would wear this ugly stuff anyway... I think and hope this is the beginning of the fall from grace for these no talent slugs..their 2 younger sisters seem to be following suit thanks to the no talented mother they have.

By sunshine

Those three snakes should all go and crawl underneath a rock,all except khole, with that head she will need a Boulder!

By armeniano

The big brother in the middle should be selling clothes for big and tall men. who would want to follow in these losers foot steps. 15 minutes and counting, i think they are down to their last seconds, and please take gaycrest with them

By mike

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Ok Kim, time to get the trusty old knee pads out and take care of some business!

By mrsdoremus

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Can you say JEALOUS!!! All of you are such haters because they're beautiful and rich and you're NOT!! So what if they don't sing, act, dance or whatever you think is a reputable career!! Beauty sells, and these girls have it! It may not last long but these girls are laughing at all you HATERS!! All the way to the bank!!

By Nico Toscani

Actually they're laughing at turds like you who buy their products and watch their show. They've never made a cent off of me.

@ Nico!! In all honesty, I've never spent any money on items marketed by them...clothes, fragrances, etc. I'd definitely bet some money though that you look like a "turd"....LMAO!!!!

If you watch the show then you help them make money, it's that simple. You're not just a turd, but a brainless turd with really poor taste.

@Nico-: did I ever say that I watch their show?? Did I?? No, I didn't. My whole point is that you're jealous becuase they're rich and beutiful and a lot of people like to hate on people like that! It's my prerogative to like who I like....as is yours. However, you still didn't make defense that you don't look like a turd, which I'm sure that is why you hate on them. It's usually ugly people who hate on the beautiful!!! YOU BIG TURD!!

Those are the three ugliest Armenian hookers I've ever seen.

By Allison

I've been in Dash. I dashed right out after seeing the over priced, flimsly, out of touch, and gaudy clothing. No one in their right mind would wear that crap. They should have called the store "White Trailer Trash" because that's what the clothes and accessories look like they were made for.

These bimbos should stick to porn. That's the only thing they can do - even badly - and it's something someone will pay for no matter what so they'll always have that job.

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