Celeb Clothing Lines Bite The Dust

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Thanks to the recession, celebrity-designed clothing lines’ ship is sinking? fast. AdAge has reported that everyone from LL Cool J and Ashley Judd, to SJP and Venus Williams’ lines are hanging on by a very thin thread. But that’s still not stopping celebrities from crossing over; in just the last eight days the likes of Taylor Swift, Toby Keith and Hilary Duff have all launched new collections. [AdAge via The Cut]