How Lindsay Lohan Can Turn a Life Low Point Into a Career High

July 9, 2010 — -- She groveled. She bawled. She tweeted. She even -- gasp -- decided not to show up to her 24th birthday party.

Prison beckons, rehab after that. (That is, unless Lohan's reported new lawyer, Tiffany Feder-Cohen, manages to get her out of the whole mess, but that's an unlikely scenario, according to legal experts.) Before Lindsay Lohan ships off to solitude, she might want to get in the right frame of mind. Her sentence need not kill her career; in fact, considering her last major big screen feature, "I Know Who Killed Me," earned her two Razzie nominations for worst actress and opened at a pitiful $3.5 million, a little time off to reflect and reexamine could do a world of good.

Of course, Lohan's not just an actress. Her Twitter biography describes her as an "Actress Designer Musician Director/Writer/Producer Artist of many things.. :)."

Herewith, how the woman of many hats can work her prison and rehab sentence to benefit her many endeavors.

While Lohan's about to go under lockdown, her 6126 apparel line is opening up. On Wednesday, it launched its e-commerce site, 6126bylindsaylohan.com. The two-year-old line, best known for pushing $100-plus knee-padded leggings, boasts annual sales of approximately $5 million, according to Women's Wear Daily. 6126 is due to debut a handbag collection this month -- possibly right around when Lohan will walk free from Lynwood, California's Century Regional Detention Center. Consumer marketing expert Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst with the NPD Group, said the timing couldn't be better.

"Just look at Martha Stewart," he said. "One of the sweaters that Martha sold when she first came out of jail was a sweater that an inmate supposedly hand-knit for her that Martha then passed on to her pattern company. As soon as she got out, everything ramped up. Now she's got paint in Home Depot and furniture at Raymour and Flannigan."

Perhaps Lohan could corral her prison buddies into helping her craft a collection of expertly slashed leggings and oversized T-shirts?