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Kardashian sisters closing DASH stores
Miami Beach location opened in 2009
The Kardashians are closing up shop. Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian have decided to shut down their two remaining DASH fashion boutiques in Miami Beach and Los Angeles, nearly 12 years after the sisters expanded their repertoire to shop owners, Kim revealed Thursday.
The Miami Beach store at 668 Collins Avenue quickly became a tourist attraction after it opened in 2009.
Fans of the Kardashians are often spotted snapping selfies outside the boutique which sells high-end women’s clothing.
The store was prominently featured in “Kourtney & Kim Take Miami,” a spin-off show of the family’s popular reality series “Keeping up with the Kardashians” on the E! cable network.
“There is so much of a sexier vibe here. Miami really is just going to make our show so much better. I think it’s going to make it a whole different show, and bring so much sexiness to it,” Khloe Kardashian said at the time of the store’s opening.
During the Miami production, the sisters lived in a North Miami high-rise and trekked back and forth to the Miami Beach store. The Miami series ran for three seasons. Employees of the store and others were known as “Dash Dolls.”
“We opened our first store as a family in 2006, and since then, we have made so many lifelong memories,” Kim Kardashian wrote in a statement on her website. “From opening locations in Los Angeles, Miami and New York, to having our ‘Dash Dolls’ spin-off show, it’s been such a huge part of our lives. We’ve loved running DASH, but in the last few years, we’ve all grown so much individually. We’ve been busy running our own brands, as well as being moms and balancing work with our families. We know in our hearts that it’s time to move on.”
The high-profile siblings founded the retail chain in their home base of Calabasas in 2006 and moved the shop to West Hollywood shortly after.
DASH’s Los Angeles location was the site of an attempted arson in 2016.
It also attracted drama last year after an erratic woman was arrested after holding two employees at gunpoint, threatening death to the famous family and later returning to the store with a machete.
We’ve loved running DASH, but in the last few years, we’ve all grown so much individually. We know in our hearts that it’s time to move on.” Kim Kardashian