Ed Hardy honcho Christian Audigier likes his big fence and wants to keep it around his big house -- his only problem ... the city of Los Angeles in standing in his way.
Christian is throwing a hissy fit over his fence by suing the city, because he's been told his precious has to be cut down from 6'2" to 3'6" -- the maximum height allowed in his swanky neighborhood.
Audigier has a point though ... because what the hell is the purpose of a 3-foot fence?
In the lawsuit, filed yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court, Christian also claims other houses in the neighborhood have tall fences, and that he's a victim of fence discrimination.
Christian claims he has somehow suffered economic damage over the fence fiasco -- he suing for $1 million.
Kari Ann Peniche -- the chick in the Eric Dane/Rebecca Gayheart naked tape -- just sealed the most ironic deal ever: She's gonna be designing clothes.
The lucky fashion house cashing in on her expertise: Christian Audigier, of course. According to the Ed Hardy maestro, Peniche arranged a meeting with him today and they'll be designing a line of swimwear.
We hear Peniche's line will be perfect for any water-based occasion ... especially videotaped bathtub parties.
Ed Hardy clothing founder Christian Audigier tells TMZ his company will be the next tenant of the Holmby Hills mansion where Michael Jackson died ... and he'll relocate headquarters there in December.
Audigier -- who was a close friend of Jackson -- will be leasing the mansion from Ed Hardy CEO Hubert Guez, who owns the estate.
Jackson leased the 7-bedroom, 13-bath French chateau since January -- shelling out $100,000 a month.
Christian Audigier, inventor of every bedazzled d-bag's official uniform, has found a perfect model for his Ed Hardy clothing line -- soon-to-be-divorced Jon Gosselin.
Audigier tells TMZ that he sent a bunch of free stuff for the Gosselin family's eight little rugrats a few months ago, but the only member of the family brave enough to wear it in public is Jon.
The designer's taken notice and predicts we'll be seeing a lot more tigers, skulls and rhinestones in the near future -- Christian says he's sent Jon a box full of the tattoo inspired goods.
Jon Gosselin was apparently trying to put out a fire in his pants yesterday -- a fire that was clearly burning a hole in his pocket, because he was spending like a mutha.
Now we find out he dropped more than $2,000 Friday at the Barneys CO-OP in the Riverside Square Mall in New Jersey. It's the same mall where one of the two women he was with dropped $595 at Tumi -- on a purse.
And spies at the mall tell us Jon and the two girls dropped in on Louis Vuitton, Cole Haan and Godiva. As one dude put it, Jon was decked out in cheesy Ed Hardy duds.
And now we're told the two women who accompanied Jon were the two chicks with whom he spent Memorial Day. We got this pic of the trio at Front Street Bar and Grill in Newburgh, NY.
From the looks of it, Jon was spending on Jon but not Kate Plus 8.
If the swine flu has an extended incubation period, Michael Jackson is the most protected man in America ... but he's also just gone over the deep edge, even for him.
Jacko took his kids shopping at Ed Hardy yesterday, and in a move stranger than his get-up, he took off with one of the store's tatted-up mannequins!
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While it's the uniform of every douchey wannabe in Hollywood, the final nail in the Ed Hardy fashion coffin was having Jurassic CNN host Larry King snapped in a pair of his laceless slip-on sneakers on Monday. Who knew Ed Hardy had an orthopedic line?!
Rainmakin' rapper Lil Wayne's constant companion -- other than controversy -- is his trademark triple stack of styrofoam cups. What's in there?!
TMZ caught up with Lil Wayne and his recently pinched mentor, Baby the "Birdman," collecting swag at the Ed Hardy grand opening in the Beverly Center -- where Wayne sipped on his three-cup concoction for all the kiddies to see.
Last week, Weezy and his drinking buddies struggled to host a party at Pure Nightclub in Atlanta.
It didn't matter that UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Quintin "Rampage" Jackson wasn't a featured model at the Ed Hardy fashion show at Pure nightclub at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas last night -- he took his shirt off anyway! But when the smokin' hot, scantily clad models hit the runway, nobody, and we mean nobody, cared what Rampage was or wasn't wearing.
Thanks to our good friends at SpyOnVegas.com, we've got all the hot action on film. Enjoy!
They say a fashion trend is officially dead when your grandmother adopts the look. Perhaps hip-hop is finally dead ... but not 75-year-old Liz Taylor! Yo! The original train wreck and bling blinger, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, was seen lumbering down the stairs from a private jet returning from Hawaii, and the eight-times-married legend was wearing an Ed Hardy cap and enough gold chains and crucifixes to make even Fiddy jealous.
The purple-eyed icon needed some help down the steps, but walked down on her own power, managing not to break a hip, just be hip. Hip-hop is dead. Long live Liz!
Even though Angelina Jolie has made it clear that she's no fan of PDA, her actions tell another story. TMZ cameras caught Brangelina arriving hand-in-hand at the after party for "The Good Shepherd," and it looked like neither one wanted to let go. Also showing up for the all-star event were Matt Damon and Robert De Niro.
Later that night at Butter were rap mogul Jay-Z, Heiress Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Val Kilmer and Tyson Beckford -- who looked pretty badass on his bike.
Meanwhile, on the left coast, Janice Dickinson and Orlando Jones showed some TMZ love at a Hollywood party for a new Ed Hardy clothing line. Also seen: John Salley and Eric Mabius of "Ugly Betty." Tony Rock (Chris' brother) saw our cameras at the party and said he knew it was time to go! The nerve!
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Ed Hardy honcho Christian Audigier likes his big fence and wants to keep it around his big house -- his only problem ... the city of Los Angeles in standing in his way.
