You Heard the Album, Now Buy the Jeans

Inspired by J. Lo's success, stars are vying for space on store shelves

It's not a night with Ben Affleck or a most-requested video, but for plenty of J. Lo wannabes, zipping on one of the star's $130 velour track suits is as close as they get to wearing celebrity skin. After a bumpy start in 2001, Jennifer Lopez's flirty, teen-oriented clothing line rebounded last year, topping $65 million in sales. Now her perfume, GLOW by J. Lo, is the best-selling fragrance at Macy's. Lopez wasn't the first music star to lure her fans to retail--her ex-boyfriend, hip-hop artist and producer P. Diddy, is behind the high-end Sean John menswear line. But soon a...

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