July 17, 2008 | 6:00 am

Kitson Drops Lauren Conrad’s Clothing Line

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Lauren Conrad may be expanding her eponymous design line — recently previewing Holiday, Fall/Winter and Resort collections as well as discussing a possible shoe line — but not everyone is buying it. Kitson owner Fraser Ross has dropped Conrad’s line from his well-known Robertston Boulevard boutique, citing flagging sales coupled with a lack of support on Conrad’s side. Ross tells PEOPLE, “Celebrity clothing lines are a tough sell as it is, and you have to promote your line just as you would an album or a TV show.” And as Ross points out, it’s not that Kitson is inaccesible for Conrad. “Lauren has been on Robertson three times since her clothing line launched but she couldn’t pop by to say hello to the sales staff that sell her line to her fans.” Ross’s advice to Conrad on how to succeed in fashion reasonates to all of her fellow celeb designers. He explains, “You have got to make your clients and customers happy because you are competing against a lot of talented designers in the industry.” Tell us: Have you bought L.C.’s clothing line?

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Jules July 17th, 2008

Serves her right. Her line is overrated and overpriced…..

isabel July 17th, 2008

Uhm LC is not a celebrity, is not a designer and more importantly is super fake. No thanks.

Jonathan Bodack July 17th, 2008

I haven’t bought anything from LC’s clothing line because I’m a guy! If I was a girl, then I would buy stuff from her clothing line, as long as it fits, etc.?

Cindy July 17th, 2008

I have look at her clothes online and I think they are very cute and have considered buying them but I haven’t yet because they are too expensive and seem to be one sided, they seem like the same colors and designs just put together different ways through out the line. I think I will wait until I can try them on in person to make sure they are worth the money or wait until they go on ebay!

Barb July 17th, 2008

I like the hills show and LC for the most part. However, i have not boughten any of her clothes. Actually i haven’t really come across any. However, i don’t think i would if i did. Honestly, her designs are a bit boring for me and way to expensive. I truly feel that Heidi Montag has a way nicer fashion line and it’s more affordable. (Despite what people may think about her at least in that area she has Laureb beat.) At least that is my opinion.

Lucy July 17th, 2008

Her clothes are made from jersey material which is dirt cheap and often tacky no matter what design you can come up with and should be priced accordingly no matter which store is selling it. Really, I don’t see anyone wearing that kind of material other than as some sort of t-shirt or tube top. There’s NO way I would wear that ugly material as a dress. SHE doesn’t even wear her own line-why should she expect us to be dumb enough to? She wants us to buy a $300 cotton jersey dress(ewww) when we could pick up a similar look for $20 at Forever 21 so that she can make tons of money off it and turn around and buy very cool expensive quality clothes from real designers while we are walking around in her rags?

sally July 17th, 2008

Love the clothes. Try them before you trash them. The $300.00 dress will last me years but your $80.00 dress will not. See the difference. Cheap is cheap. Quality is quality.

Lucy July 17th, 2008

Ummm, Sally who wants to wear a dress for years? Classic pieces you would want to wear for years but these dresses are not what one would call a classic look. They are trendy and you don’t wear trendy for years. Her winter 2007 line is like 40% off now. That’s cause they are WINTER 2007 not WINTER from 2007 to 2027. So yeah, you go ahead and wear that dress for years. Hey, at least it’s stretchy so you can wear it through pregnancies! Wow!

KelseyKat July 17th, 2008

Lauren’s line isn’t creative. It’s boring, basic stuff that I could buy anywhere. It’s also overpriced for an uncreative, boring, basic line.

Ariel July 17th, 2008

It is one thing to spend a lot of money on unique, real designer clothes. Her clothes are boring! No one should pay that type of money for basics by LC. If you want high quality basics, GO TO THEORY. They are sharper and reputable.

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