In a phone interview, Kristi Kaylor, president of 6126, says that Lohan is very involved in the design process, working with the five-person team to choose fabrics, trims and buttons and inspecting samples at the downtown L.A. studio. "She approves everything, down to invitations for events," Kaylor says. In two years, 6126 has gone from 200 to 500 retail outlets including Neiman Marcus, Kitson, Planet Blue and other specialty stores.

The fall collection is all about "fabric mixing — leathers mixed with laces, a hard edge with a soft," Kaylor says. It is inspired, as is the name of the brand, by Marilyn Monroe. (6126 is Monroe's birth date.) "If you study her fashion sense, she had a lot of classic pieces but with a sexy, feminine edge." That meant borrowing design elements from intimate apparel: trimming a leather corset in chiffon and lace, for example.

The bread and butter of the collection is still leggings. ("Lindsay put leggings on the map," Kaylor says.) For fall, there are 65 styles — with leather or lace insets, studded details, a dusting of black sequins and more. The coolest pair appear to have tiny rips all over, but not in a raunchy way.


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There are 65 styles of leggings.

Mini-dresses, the kind you might wear out clubbing in Hollywood, are also key, the best one in black crocodile embossed leather (it comes with long sleeves or sleeveless). The leathers are all pretty likable, actually, including a drapey burnished gold leather jacket (it also comes as a vest). Chunky cardigans, sequin or lace-covered hoodies (you know how Lindsay likes to rock a hood), pencil skirts, T-shirts and tank tops, fur vests and nylon puffer jackets round out the 280-piece collection, which hits stores in July, priced at about $30 to $600.


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The main idea is fabric mixing, such as wearing leather with lace.


Lindsay Lohan’s 6126 stretches beyond leggings - Lindsay Lohan - Women's Wear - Fashion - Celebrities - Designers

The offerings include mini-dresses.



A licensing deal has been signed for 6126 handbags, which will debut for spring 2011, and shoes and cosmetics will follow. "The goal is to build the ultimate lifestyle brand based on classic glamour with a fashion twist," says Kaylor, who has had plenty of experience with both celebrities and apparel. Before 6126, she ran the junior division of Warnaco Swim Group, launched Mandy Moore's Mblem clothing line and the company 2 Love, which produces celebrity-designed items sold to benefit charities.

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