It's All About Edie Today

Who can possibly keep up with the twists and turns of the much ballyhooed Factory Girl.

First, Sienna Miller was being hyped as an Oscar contender for her role as Edie Sedgwick.  A week later, she was being called back to reshoot several scenes.  Finally, a trailer has been released.  The goal is to release the movie by the end of the year so it can be in contention for an Oscar. (Yeah, right!)

From the looks of this list of brand extensions, Edie could end up with more money that Andy Warhol:
•Edie Factory Girl by photographer Nat Finkelstein and writer David Dalton (VH1, $29.95, in stores). Bio/photo book by two who were part of the scene.
•In recent months, Teen Vogue and Seventeen have included articles on how to create the Edie look.
•Delias.com is selling an Edie Dress and a Factory Girl tote bag.
•Urban Outfitters carries a Ciao! Manhattan T-shirt, tunic, tote bag and notepad with her image. (I must confess, I bought the T-shirt.)
•MAC and Smashbox Cosmetics created lines this year inspired by her mod look.
•Fashion Wire Daily recently reported designer Karl Lagerfeld's upcoming collection has "echoes" of Sedgwick's style with models sporting heavy eyeliner and fringed straight blond hair.
•Kung Fu Nation has been selling out of its Edie T-shirts sold at KungFuNation.com, Urban Outfitters and Hot Topic.
•In January, In My Blood: Six Generations of Madness and Desire in an American Family by cousin John Sedgwick (uncle of actress Kyra Sedgwick) will be published by HarperCollins. It chronicles, in part, Edie's rapid rise to fame, heroin addiction and death by overdose.
•Edie is an online phenom. "A lot of kids are finding her, and a lot of people are creating online communities," says Ben Allgood, 22, creative director for Edienation.com and myspace.com/edieonfire. (There are several good Edie sites on myspace - http://www.myspace.com/ediesedgwick65 

Well, since Edie has become a cash cow we think she should be schilling for our friends.  We're sure she'd totally be into these Shuga Buds -- serious bling for ipod fans.  In the photo at left Edie enjoys listening to Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" with her stereo quality personal earphones studded with Swarovski crystals. (Full disclosure -- Shuga Buds is owned by a friend.)