WEDNESDAY FASHION ICON: LAUREN CONRAD

Lauren Katherine Conrad llamada LC, es una celebridad de televisión y estudiante de diseño de modas estadounidense. Es conocida por estar en el reality de MTV Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County y The Hills, que sigue su vida personal y su persecución por iniciar una carrera en la industria de la moda. 

Conrad estuvo realizando su internado en Teen Vogue mientras filmaba la temporada uno de The Hills. Conrad y su reality show aparentemente aumentaron la cantidad de ventas de Teen Vogue.  Conrad ahora trabaja para Kelly Cutrone en People's Revolution. Creó también su propia línea de ropa. La línea hizo su debut en el Mercedes Benz LA Fashion Week en Smashbox Studios en marzo de 2008. En 2007 tuvo una aparición en el mundo del cine, haciendo una versión ridícula de ella misma, en la película Epic movie. En 2008 hizo una aparición especial en la serie estadounidense Geek. mayo de 2009 hizo una cameo como dibujo animado, de nuevo en una versión ridiculizada de sí misma, en la serie Padre de familia.

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Lauren Katherine Conrad also known by her nickname L.C., is an American television personality, fashion designer, and author. Born and raised in Laguna Beach, California, she attended Laguna Beach High School. In September 2004, Conrad came to prominence after being cast in the reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which documented the lives of her and her friends.

After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the fashion industry in May 2006, Conrad was commissioned to star in her own spin-off series The Hills, which chronicled the personal and professional lives of her and friends Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, and Whitney Port. During its production, she attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and held positions with Teen Vogue and Kelly Cutrone's PR firm People's Revolution. As the series progressed, a widely-publicized feud developed between Conrad against Montag and her boyfriend Spencer Pratt. Consequentially, the conflict became the central focus of the series, and was carried through each subsequent season.

In May 2009, Conrad left The Hills after five seasons, and was replaced by former Laguna Beach cast member Kristin Cavallari. She filmed an alternate ending for the series finale in July 2010, which was broadcast in August 2013. Conrad launched the fashion lines "LC Lauren Conrad" and "Paper Crown" in 2009 and 2011, respectively. She released the L.A. Candy book trilogy in 2010 and the spin-off The Fame Game series in 2012.

Conrad's first novel L.A. Candy was released in June 2009, and became a New York Times bestseller. It was inspired by her life, focusing on a woman named Jane Roberts who moves to Los Angeles.^[37] It was followed by sequels Sweet Little Lies and Sugar and Spice  in 2010, also releasing the fashion guide Lauren Conrad Style.^] She later made appearances on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, playing for her charity "m.powerment by mark" and Kathy Griffin.

In fall 2009, Conrad collaborated with Kohl's to launch her second fashion line "LC Lauren Conrad" in the United States, and was later expanded to include a bedding collection.In September 2010, Conrad was to star in an MTV series that would have focused on her career endeavors, though the network chose not to pick up the program after Conrad preferred not to film her private life. In April 2011, Conrad launched "The Beauty Department" with her hairstylist, Kristin Ess, and her makeup artist, Amy Nadine; she later announced plans to expand the brand to include a line of cosmetics. Looking to target a more upscale audience, Conrad released her third fashion line "Paper Crown" that August.

Conrad released her fourth novel The Fame Game as a spin-off to the L.A. Candy series in April 2012. In July, she collaborated with BlueAvocado to launch xo(ECO), an environmentally-friendly collection of bags. In October 2012, Conrad released The Fame Game continuation novel Starstruck and the style guide Lauren Conrad Beauty. The final novel Infamous was released in June 2013.

In 2008, Conrad began dating actor Kyle Howard. Howard expressed concern that appearing on reality television would interfere with his acting career; consequentially, their relationship was not documented on The Hills. After three years together, Conrad and Howard ended their relationship in 2011. The following year, she began dating former Something Corporate guitarist William Tell.

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