Lauren Conrad born in Laguna Beach, California
Lauren Katherine Conrad is born in Laguna Beach, California to architects Kathy Conrad and Jim Conrad. Conrad has one younger sister Brenna Conrad and one younger brother Brandon Conrad.
Conrad began her interest in fashion throughout her childhood. Conrad’s father says that Conrad wasn’t the best student, but that he could see that she had an interest in fashion early in her life.
Lauren wasn’t a great student—she wasn’t that interested. We figured out along the way that she was an artist and her real love was fashion.
Conrad agrees:
I think that I get bored easily with things.
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
0 CommentsConrad stars in the MTV reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. The series follows Conrad and a group of her friends and classmates of Laguna Beach High School for three seasons. Other than Conrad the show’s main characters include Stephen Colletti, Kristin Cavallari and Lo Bosworth.
It was just a big group of friends being themselves. I think it’s impossible to do that in this day and age of reality TV.
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Conrad stars in MTV reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. The series follows Conrad and a group of her friends and classmates of Laguna Beach High School for three seasons. Other than Conrad the show’s main characters include Stephen Colletti, Kristin Cavallari and Lo Bosworth.
It was just a big group of friends being themselves. I think it’s impossible to do that in this day and age of reality TV.
The Hills
Conrad stars in MTV reality television series The Hills. The Hills is a follow up to the series Laguna Beach MTV aired through 2006. The series follows old characters from Laguna Beach like Lo Bosworth and introduces new cast members including Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port.
The Hills is filmed exactly the same as Laguna. So when people started picking out these very little things, it was weird to me because anyone who has worked on a reality show knows how they’re filmed.
Epic Movie
Conrad stars in feature film Epic Movie. Conrad plays a satirical version of herself in the film with co-star Carmen Electra.
I don’t want to act. I tried it. … I don’t enjoy it, and I can’t make a career out of something I don’t really like. It’s not that fun, and I’m not that good at it.
Greek
Conrad guest stars in the ABC Family series Greek. Conrad plays herself in the series as a spiritual advisor to character Casey played by Spencer Grammer. The episode is Greek’s season 2 finale and Conrad will appear in a dream sequence Casey has in the show.
LC Lauren Conrad
Conrad launches her fashion line, LC Lauren Conrad. The line is in collaboration with Kohl’s and will be sold in Kohl’s stores. The goal of the fashion line is to be wearable and affordable for Conrad’s fans and Kohl’s customers.
Partnering with a successful national retailer like Kohl’s supports my mission to make great clothing accessible to young women everywhere. The collection is a reflection of my personal style and will offer fresh, California Casual designs at an affordable price.
Family Guy
Conrad voices herself as a character on Family Guy. In the episode character Brian—voiced by Seth MacFarlane—picks up Conrad’s character and thinks that she might be his soulmate.
The most exciting part is to see what you look like animated. I think that I’m basically just a blonde character though, on this episode.
Leaves The Hills
0 CommentsConrad announces she is leaving The Hills for other career opportunities in fashion. Since filming The Hills Conrad has been working on her own clothing line and says she is excited to live her life without cameras following her around. The Hills will bring in Kristin Cavallari as the main character to replace Conrad.
It’s bittersweet. I’ve spent the last five years making every decision be about the show. People I date have to be able to film, the places I work have to let us film and the places I live have to have set lighting. I’m ready to do things on my own. I loved doing it and had so much fun, but it came to a point where I had done it long enough.
L.A. Candy
Conrad releases first novel titled L.A. Candy. The book is the first installment in a trilogy that follows Jane Roberts who moves to Hollywood and gets cast in her own reality show. The book becomes a New York Times Best Seller.
I didn’t take anything specifically that happened to me. The only thing that I did was … it was a way to show not necessarily me but just the other side of being on a show like ours. For everyone that’s done it I think you see one side and you don’t see the other. It’s kind of an interesting story to tell.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Conrad wins $50,000 while guest starting as a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Conrad will give all of her winnings to her charity of choice, m.powerment by mark, an organization working against domestic violence. Conrad had to answer one question to win the $50,000 and says she knew the answer, but used her lifeline anyway.
Guest judge
Conrad is a guest judge on cycle 13 of America’s Next Top Model. Conrad is only signed on the judges panel for one show in the contest series and said she might considered hosting a show of her own in the future.
I wouldn’t do a show like The Hills. Nothing with my personal life, but possibly something hosting. I think I have a little bit of time to figure out what I’m going to do next.
Sweet Little Lies
Conrad releases the second novel in the her trilogy series. The novel titled Sweet Little Lies continues to follow character Jane Roberts after she leaves Los Angeles. In the book Jane finds herself in a tight spot when scandalous photos of her are released and she must find her way out of this mess.
The first book was a learning experience. I had to learn the whole process and I think I also had to learn to schedule writing time for myself. I had lived my life for years on a schedule and this was the first time where I would have full days to write. It was also teaching myself how to do that. Everything was very new to me. The second time around, I had a better idea of how it was done.
Seventeen cover
Conrad appears on the cover of the March 2010 issue of Seventeen magazine. She talks about The Hills launching her career and about a rumour that her boyfriend didn’t want to be on The Hills.
False. It never even came up, because by the time I met Kyle, I had already perfected my ‘double life.’ There was my TV life and my real life. Most of my closest friends were never on the show; my family was rarely on. I think it’s better that way. It’s not normal to put every part of your personal life on camera. You have to have something for yourself or you’ll go crazy.
Sugar and Spice
Conrad releases Sugar and Spice, her third and final trilogy novel, which follows Jane Roberts from the opening night of her reality show through her realizations of good and bad relationships she has fostered throughout the series.
The first book was the most difficult to write as I was new to the process and there are so many writes and rewrites etc. Not to say book 2 and 3 were easy but they were more enjoyable as I could be creative rather than setting up characters.
Teen Vogue cover
Conrad appears on the cover of the November 2010 issue of Teen Vogue magazine. She talks about leaving the past in the past, her new reality series, and her clothing line, Paper Crown.
It’s the idea of creating your own glamour. The focus will be on really great fits, fabrics, and details. It won’t be overly trendy, nothing that’s trying too hard. I’m very excited about it, but I’m also a little nervous. I’m doing it all on my own this time.
The Beauty Department
0 CommentsConrad launches beauty site called The Beauty Department with her hairstylist Kristin Ess and her makeup artist Amy Nadine. The site features tutorials and tips on hair, beauty and fashion.
The site will offer beauty tips: how to do the hottest runway tricks. How to wear purple eyeliner. How to do beach curlew. The idea is to eventually roll out a cosmetics and hair line.
Allure cover
Conrad appears on the cover of the May 2011 issue of Allure magazine. She talks about not being sexy and the last season of The Hills.
Towards the end, I was so tired. I was showing up to the club in flip-flops, and [the cameramen] would be like, ‘Great, now we can’t film your feet, because you couldn’t bother putting on a pair of shoes.’
Paper Crown
0 CommentsConrad launches fashion line Paper Crown at Nordstrom’s Fashion’s Night Out event. The line features pieces that are more expensive than her line at Kohl’s, but can be considered investment clothing pieces. The line is available at Nordstrom stores.
Paper Crown is something I’ve done on my own which has been really fun. Quality was a really big focus. We wanted to do really beautiful fabrics, really focus on getting a beautiful fit so the pieces are classic and timeless and can be worn through the season.
The Fame Game
Conrad releases here fourth book, The Fame Game. The novel follows character Madison who tries to become known as the best “frenemy” of reality television star Jane Roberts who is featured in Conrad’s previous novels. Conrad says she just wants readers to enjoy her books.
One of my biggest goals, especially with writing YA novels, is just to have people enjoy reading. I remember being in high school and it was so forced because everything I read through most of school was assigned reading. I love the idea of giving girls a book that they can read and enjoy reading.