Nicole Richie is gearing up to expand her very successful House of Harlow 1960 line of accessories to include clothes and shoes. Nicole Richie herself confirmed the expansion into shoes in April, more information about the expanding line has been coming out.

Nicole recently shared with Singer22 that her new collection will be a “totally different line”.

“Doing a clothing line is really a full time job. I wanted to do what was closest to my heart and where my head was at was jewelry and accessories. I wear a ton of jewelry and artistically that was where I was feeling like I had a really clear idea of the designs that I wanted to do. That’s just where we started. Then I met up with Pascal and he is such a genius! It just felt like the perfect time and the perfect fit.”

Nicole shares that her initial accessories line was inspired by her own personal vintage collection, a lot of which she’d picked up while traveling: much was inspired by India and Africa. Nicole shares that she’s still in the middle of the design process for the shoe and clothing collection, aiming to pick the right fabrics.

As for accessories, we can expect something different from Nicole!

The second collection of House of Harlow will be out next year as well. I’m in the design process for that also. It’s a completely different direction and a completely different inspiration. It is focusing more on old English, equestrian, and more sophisticated looks. It is going to be a totally different line and I’m really excited about it!

The line is expected to be ready for Spring 2010.

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2008 was the year Nicole Richie really turned her life around. She became a mother, got back into acting, launched a jewelry line and discovered a passion for children and charity work.

Nicole amazed me this year, and here’s a look back at her 4 best moments of 2008.

4) Launching House of Harlow 1960

Lots of celebrities foray into clothing and accessories, and Nicole is no exception. This was a year filled with rumors about Nicole-that she was launching a baby clothing line, a maternity line and jump-starting her music career. Her costume jewelry line, named after daughter Harlow, proved to be one rumor that was true! The line, which is available at Kitson, wonderfully reflects contemporary trends and Nicole’s personal style. It’s been quite a success, so who knows what Nicole will work on next.

3) Her guest appearance on Chuck

2008 was the year we saw Nicole get back to work. She appeared in a October episode of Chuck, playing a former high school cheerleader and current bad girl. This stint showed Hollywood that Nicole can carry her own weight in acting roles. Hopefully this means we’ll see more of Nicole on the small screen in the future.

2) Launching the Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation

Nicole and the Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation did a lot of great things in 2008. The foundation was officially launched in November 2007, but it came to its own this year. They are one of the first charities to actively take social media and new technology as a forum to raise awareness and funds for causes they believe in, including “Text CHILD to 90999“, “Facebook Fruitcake” and launching a MySpace page for the foundation. Nicole got personally involved by visiting a shelter and becoming an ambassador for UNICEF. Joel was in on the action and he visited the Central Republic of Africa with his brother earlier this year.

1) Giving birth to Harlow

Becoming a mother is a life-changing experience. Looking back on the other aspects of this list and you can’t help but notice the impact Harlow has had on Nicole’s decisions over the past year, from her charity work to her jewelry line. Celebs everywhere praised Nicole for her mothering skills and for all she accomplished this year. While rumors fly that Nicole is looking to expand the Richie-Madden clan, we can only wonder what she’s going to do next.

Do you agree? Disagree? Let me know what your favorite Nicole moment was in 2008!

Nicole Richie chatted with USA Today about her jewelry line, House of Harlow 1960, Harlow’s budding fashion sense and what it’s like raising a child as a celebrity.

Harlow may only be 11 months old, but she’s already a budding fashionista.

“She likes to dress up. You can see it in her face. She just loves dressing up; she loves putting on tights and bows and stuff like that,” Nicole says to the paper. “I’m not too caught up in her fashion at the moment. I just let her wear what’s comfortable for her. But she loves those tights.”

Nicole is grateful that she can provide Harlow with everything she needs, but she wishes she could take her to the park once in a while without photographers present.

The article is pretty short, but it’s a nice look at Nicole as a mom and jewelry designer today. You can read the article here.

Star Magazine is reporting that Nicole Richie and Mischa Barton are feuding-over headbands.

You see, both girls planned on incorporating headbands into their jewelry and fashion lines, but Nicole beat Mischa to the punch when she launched House of Harlow 1960. Because their headband designs were so similar, Mischa’s line was put on hold.

“Mischa is furious,” a source tells Star Magazine. “She feels like Nicole completely copied her idea.”

I think this is ridiculous. I also think that while Mischa and Nicole have great fashion sense, it’s a very similar taste and neither girl is a trained designer. What do you think?

The video below is our first look at Nicole Richie’s new jewelry line House of Harlow 1960. The costume line uses lots of unique details, like feathers, leather, silk, rivets and more. The line was designed with Mouwad and will retail for $30-$150. It’s expected to hit stores near you in November!

Nicole is modeling House of Harlow for the October issue of In Style. TV Guide was on hand for the shoot and put together the video belo for us. I’m excited to see this issue, it looks like the shoot is going to be great!

I think the line looks very Nicole. I love it. Would you wear it?

Nicole Richie has been hard at work on a line of costume jewelry, according to the National Jeweler Network. The 30-piece collection will be called House of Harlow, after Nicole’s daughter. It will feature fabrics, feather and gold-plated materials and should be in stores as early as this fall.

The line will retail between $50-$150 dollars. Nicole is collaborating with jeweler Mouwad on the creative line.

“It’s different in that it targets Nicole’s fans, a younger audience,” Mouwad owner Pascal Mouwad says. “[Nicole is] really a fashion icon herself. Whatever she wears, people like to wear. Her wearing it and promoting it will attract her fan base.”

I’m really excited to see what Nicole and company has in store for this jewelry line. It sounds really interesting and I bet a lot of Nicole’s personal style will come through.