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Justin Timberlake's William Rast Line To Be Sold At Target

William Rast, the clothing line founded by Justin Timberlake and Trace Ayala is the latest to go the Target route. A limited edition of apparel for men and women will launch in December at most Target stores nationwide and will also be sold online. The collection will only be available from December 19 to January 22, 2011.

The brand was first dreamed up by Timberlake and Ayala in 2005 as a new denim label. The line launched the following year and has since expanded into leather jackets, outerwear, wovens and knits. The brand is sold in department stores including Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales as well as several William Rast retail stores.

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Justin Timberlake's William Rast Brand To Open Retail Stores

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Celebrity Shopping

Plenty of celebrities start fashion lines but few take the step of opening their own stores. William Rast, the casual clothing brand founded by Trace Ayala and Justin Timberlake and operated through subsidiaries of People`s Liberation has announced two new full-price retail stores at the Westfield Century City Shopping Mall in Los Angeles, California, and the Westfield Valley Fair Shopping Mall in San Jose, California as well as an outlet store at the Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon, California. The brand has an ambitious plan to open around forty retail stores in major metropolitan locations over the next several years.

The William Rast branded retail stores will each be approximately 2,000 square feet and will offer William Rast contemporary apparel collection for men and women. The company also plans to offer a full range of licensed William Rast products in each store. Justin Timberlake is well on his way to a branded empire, he also has his own golf course, a tequila brand and owns several restaurants.

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