▁and ▁sty lists ▁to ▁the ▁store ▁and ▁earned ▁D ary l ▁cult ▁status ▁in ▁fashion ▁circles . ▁Her ▁boot - cut ▁hip ster ▁je ans , ▁dub bed ▁" low ▁rid ers " ▁were ▁ ▁inspired ▁by ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁red ▁vel vet ▁ 7 0 ' s ▁hi ph ug gers . ▁These ▁je ans ▁were ▁to ▁make ▁her ▁name ▁and ▁become ▁the ▁main st ay ▁of ▁her ▁collections . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁K err igan ▁opened ▁a ▁store ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁Bond ▁Street ▁in ▁William ▁Weg man ' s ▁former ▁studio . ▁Bond ▁Street ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁home ▁to ▁her ▁flags hip ▁store . ▁ ▁K err igan ▁suffered ▁some ▁set back ▁after ▁her ▁labels ▁(" D ary l ▁K " ▁and ▁" K - 1 8 9 ") ▁were ▁acquired ▁by ▁the ▁Le iber ▁Group ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁After ▁just ▁ ▁a ▁year , ▁her ▁stores ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁closed ▁after ▁the ▁Le iber ▁Group ▁halt ed ▁production . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁she ▁fought ▁to ▁get ▁back ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁her ▁labels ▁and ▁ ▁re - ▁launched ▁the ▁br ands ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁Bond ▁Street ▁store ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁closed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁She ▁soon ▁was ▁back ▁on ▁her ▁feet ▁again ▁as ▁her ▁loyal ▁customers ▁began ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁store , ▁mostly ▁by ▁word - of ▁- mouth .