*The Ed Hardy clothing line that was being developed by Michael Jackson and Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier was revealed on NBC's

       *As previously reported, Michael Jackson will be laid to rest on what would have been his 51st birthday. The family followed up patriarch Joe Jackson's unofficial announcement to the New York Daily News with a statement saying the King of Pop will be buried at Holly Terrace in the Grand Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Saturday, August 29 at 10 a.m. The ceremony will be limited to family and close friends. ...

Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier knew Michael Jackson. He partied with Michael Jackson. And Jon Gosselin is no Michael Jackson.

At least not when it comes to people he had plans to collaborate with on potential Ed Hardy clothing lines. (Among any number of other distinctions.)

Despite reports to the contrary, spurred on by an Audigier-funded trip to St.-Tropez for Gosselin and girlfriend Hailey Glassman, the T-shirt purveyor tells E! News that the only celebrity he ever discussed going into business with was the King of Pop.
...

First Jon Gosselin, now Kari Ann Peniche. Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier certainly seems to be surrounding himself with the cream of the crap.

Uh, crop. We meant crop.

Peniche, the clothes-averse costar of Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart, made her way, as all good tabloid targets do, over to Audigier's studios yesterday, and while she left with the impression that she landed herself a design gig, she may be in for a rude awakening when she turns up for orientation at ...

Totally unexpected, it contained the first Ed Hardy helmet I'd ever seen, with a bitchin' flaming-tiger graphic on each side. It wasn't until I spun it around to the front that I got indignant. "By Christian Audigier," it read in large letters below the Ed Hardy logo. What the fcuk?! (Cue cryptic design house reference.) Why would a biker want some French fashion designer's name scrawled across his forehead? How do you say "douche" in French anyway? Oh wait, that is a French word......

The success of lavish couture brands such as Versace has largely been hinged on celebrities promoting and wearing them.
 
Celebrities support expensive labels with their access to the media, and both Keira Knightly and Hilary Swank have both been known to promote Versace.
More recently designers such as Ed Hardy are conquering the market by getting celebrities to don their clothing first. ...