Can Avril Lavigne help Kohl's sell clothes?
The brand will be called Abbey Dawn -- after the singer's childhood nickname. Lavigne said the collection will consist of "a lot of hot pinks and blacks and stars and purple and zebra. Basically, everything I wear." Kohl's says that Abbey Dawn is "a rock collection with a feminine edge." Lavigne says she will be designing the products herself and wearing them on her tour.
Kohl's seems like an interesting choice for a partner for this -- a little too clean-cut for the image she has cultivated throughout her career. Hot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT) would have been a more obvious choice -- and judging from the stock price, they could really use the help.
But I think it's a good career move for Lavigne as she looks to move beyond her early success as a pseudo-edgy "punk rocker" for pre-teen girls. So far, that move has been a success with her 2007 album selling well and receiving solid reviews.
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