It's now time for special persons segments I've been promising!! And my first one is all about:
Lauren Conrad!!
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The reason I chose Lauren is she is my own inspiration for who I want to be as a person when I get older. She is probably the main person who turned my eye to fashion as a career instead of just a wardrobe. She is extremely successful with fashion and I admire her will and passion. So here is a little bit about her, her fashion line, and her life.
LC, commonly referred to, has written three books in her
L.A. Candy trilogy and has two fashion lines; LC by Lauren Conrad and Paper Crown. She, her hairstylist, and her makeup artist run a beauty website, The Beauty Department.
In her early years of the fashion business, Conrad landed an internship at Teen Vogue while filming season one of The Hills. Conrad and her reality show appearances have been credited with improving sales of Teen Vogue. In January 2007, Conrad was named the first official spokesperson of "mark", a makeup line created by Avon and marketed toward young women. She was featured in the brand’s magalog and in the "mark." online community.
Conrad's first fashion line, The Lauren Conrad Collection, debuted at the Mercedes-Benz LA Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in March 2008. In March 2009, Conrad announced that she would be taking a break from the fashion line. As a result, 2009's spring and summer lines were canceled. She earns an estimated $1.5 million annually for her television appearances, fashion line, and product endorsements. In fall 2009, Conrad launched LC by Lauren Conrad in Kohls stores nationwide. Conrad also appeared as a guest judge during Cycle 13 of
America's Next Top Model.
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Conrad is working on launching a new fashion line, Paper Crown, and is scheduled to be in stores by fall 2011. The line is her third collection after The Lauren Conrad Collection and LC by Lauren Conrad. Her now defunct reality show would have focused on the creation and launch of the line. In April 2011, Conrad, along with her hairstylist Kristin Ess and her makeup artist Amy Nadine, launched a beauty website called The Beauty Department. The site offers beauty advice and tips as well as how-tos and tutorials.
In September 2011, Conrad announced plans to expand The Beauty Department to include a beauty/cosmetic line as well as to expand her current fashion lines.
Conrad released her first novel,
L.A. Candy, on June 16, 2009. Inspired by her personal life, the book focuses on a young woman who moves to Los Angeles and becomes the star of a reality show. It was a
New York Times bestseller. The second novel,
Sweet Little Lies, was released on February 16, 2010. The final novel,
Sugar and Spice, was released on October 5, 2010, along with another book,
Style, which is about her experiences in and her knowledge of the fashion industry as well as being a style guide. In 2011, Conrad made another three-book deal with publisher
HarperCollins. The books, titled
The Fame Game, will be a
spin-off series of the
L.A. Candy trilogy and will follow character Madison Parker. Conrad launched a production company, Blue Eyed Productions, in early 2009. It has purchased the rights to turn
L.A. Candy into a movie, in which Conrad would serve as an executive producer. The movie would be based on all three books.
On September 24, 2010, Conrad announced during an
On Air with Ryan Seacrest interview that she would star in an upcoming MTV reality series. The show would focus on her fashion career rather than focusing on her personal life, which she says "will be something very different" from
The Hills.
The series began filming in mid-October 2010. However, after MTV had viewed the pilot, the network decided to not pick up the series. MTV's head of programming, David Janollari, said, "She did do a pilot. There were talks about whether we could somehow manage to put together a special based on that footage but that's also a big question mark based on her interest in that and the finances. We decided not to go ahead with the show," later adding, "We love her! We would love her on our network! It was a great attempt but it just didn't feel like a perfect fit for us now." Conrad released a statement of her own, reading, "We sold a show to MTV, filmed it and are really proud of the final result. MTV felt the subject matter was too high brow for their audience and offered me the opportunity to change the show by incorporating more of my personal life. We agreed going into the project that this show would be an aspirational one, focusing on my career and my goals and not my personal relationships. We delivered the show that we sold and are sorry MTV didn't feel their viewers were savvy enough to appreciate it."
LC has done some amazing work so far in her life, and still has so much more she can do!
I personally own all of the L.A. Candy collection of books as well as the Style one. Her success has been such an inspiration to me that I have decided to become a fashion merchandiser, I am accepted into Kent State University main campus as well as the fashion merchandising program at the fashion school! I can not wait to start my life at Kent and in a career doing what I know I'm going to love. Thanks to Lauren, for helping me go in the right direction for myself! :)
That's all for Lauren, let me know who my followers want to know all about!! :) Thanks <3
