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Monday August 1st, 2011

Lauren Conrad’s Paper Crown Line Has Officially Launched: A Look Back at the Top 10 Trends Set by LC
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Lauren Conrad’s Paper Crown Line Has Officially Launched: A Look Back at the Top 10 Trends Set by LC

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Lauren Conrad’s role in fashion has gone from the Cali girl everyone wanted to dress like to a budding designer with some actual talent–her latest line, Paper Crown, hit stores Saturday.

While on The Hills, millions of viewers watched Lauren Conrad cry over boyfriends and fight with Speidi. But what we were all really paying attention to–subconsciously or not–was the Laguna Beach native’s easy to emulate style.

Even with her reality days behind her, Conrad continues to inspire and fuel beauty and fashion trends. We’ve rounded up ten of LC’s signiture looks–from the ever popular side braid to her new tie-dyed ombre tresses (and matching nails).

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Published at 7:04 PM

Wednesday July 20th, 2011

Lauren Conrad, Hair Chameleon, Changes To Blue Tips
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Lauren Conrad, Hair Chameleon, Changes To Blue Tips

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Oh, Lauren Conrad, you minx! Once again, you’ve sent us running to our computer’s zoom button to analyze every strand of your hair.

Today LC popped up on People StyleWatch after having debuted a new colored-hair look. Fans got a hint that something was up when she tweeted yesterday: “Attempting a more wearable version of colored tips for the evening… Compliments of @Kristin_Ess ;-)” Kristin is, of course, her hair stylist and a contributor on LC’s beauty site.

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Published at 2:14 PM

Friday July 15th, 2011

JWOWW Does Tie Dye Hair: Now We’re Officially Over It
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JWOWW Does Tie Dye Hair: Now We’re Officially Over It

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OK, now this is getting ridiculous. Another Jersey Shore girl has embraced multi-colored strands, to rather tacky effect. We loved it on Lauren Conrad. We still thought it was cute on Snooki (there’s just something cute about Snooki, generally.) But now JWOWW debuted a new look while frolicking on the Jersey Shore, and it’s not good.

They look like clip-in extensions gone wrong, and the colors are horrible. Dark brick red and dirty orange? The colors just seem really harsh.

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Published at 1:00 PM

Thursday July 14th, 2011

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Thursday July 7th, 2011

Prediction: Lauren Conrad’s New Tie Dyed Hair Is Going to Be a Huge Trend (Plus a Photographic Look Back at the Dip Dye Hair Trend)
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Prediction: Lauren Conrad’s New Tie Dyed Hair Is Going to Be a Huge Trend (Plus a Photographic Look Back at the Dip Dye Hair Trend)

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Lauren Conrad has been getting democratic on her beauty blog, thebeautydepartment, letting readers make grooming decisions for her. Her latest is a doozy, and we suspect it’s going to be a HUGE hair trend.

As seen at left, she did a hybrid dip dye/tie dye hair color. It looks absolutely sick (in the good sense of the term) and if my hair wasn’t so damn short right now I’d run out and do the same thing.

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Published at 4:00 PM

Wednesday July 6th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Fashion News Roundup: Lindsay Lohan Covers Italian Vanity Fair, Brazilian Vogue Manages to Make Gisele Look Wonky and What Kate Middleton Should Wear in LA
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Fashion News Roundup: Lindsay Lohan Covers Italian Vanity Fair, Brazilian Vogue Manages to Make Gisele Look Wonky and What Kate Middleton Should Wear in LA

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Lindsay Lohan’s on Italian Vanity Fair: Lindsay Lohan’s first post-house arrest magazine cover is out and it’s the latest issue of Italian Vanity Fair, which hit newstands today. Lohan is also rumored to cover September’s American Vanity Fair, so we guess Conde Nast has no problem putting the same girl on the covers of international versions of the same magazine two months in a row. {Vanity Fair Italy}

More Behind-the-Scenes With the Olsens and Sally Lyndley: In the second behind the scenes video for Mary-Kate and Ashley’s Stylemint photo shoot, the twins discuss why they chose model Tati Cotliar, photographer Terry Richardson and stylist Sally Lyndley, who also talks about her inspiration for the shoot. {Stylelist}

Teenagers are buying couture: It’s easy to forget that some people attend couture shows with the intention of actually buying things. As the couture business continues to change and evolve, so are its customers. Young girls and royals from the middle and far east have become typical couture clients. {Telegraph UK}

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Published at 2:16 PM

Friday July 1st, 2011

Patriotic Manicures for the Fourth of July
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Patriotic Manicures for the Fourth of July

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If you’re like us, before you leave for the long Fourth of July weekend you will no doubt get a fresh manicure. Why not take inspiration from these celebs and nail bloggers and go patriotic? After all, there is no better way to show respect to our red, white, and blue flag than to stick it on our nails.

Click through to see some of the best patriotic manicures. *cue “The Star-Spangled Banner”*

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Published at 4:00 PM

Thursday June 23rd, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Possible Photoshop Restrictions, Karlie Kloss’s Next Top Model and Giorgio Armani Hates On Prada
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Possible Photoshop Restrictions, Karlie Kloss’s Next Top Model and Giorgio Armani Hates On Prada

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American Medical Association Finally Addresses Photoshop: The AMA wants to work out restrictions in the advertising industry to “discourage the altering of photographs in a manner that could promote unrealistic expectations of appropriate body image.” It’s a start–could we hope for magazine editorials and covers next? {Jezebel}

Karlie Kloss’ Model Competition: The model is teaming up with Mother Model Management, who discovered the 18-year-old in Wisconsin in 2005, to hold a nationwide search for the “next top model” that will end in a charity fashion show and event, hosted by Kloss. {Telegraph}

Giorgio Armani Is Not A Fan of Prada: In another case of designer-on-designer hate, Armani bashed Miuccia Prada on her Hong Kong stock debut, saying it was just a way to cover debts. He also said both she and fellow Italians Dolce and Gabbana often turns out “ugly” clothes. {WWD}

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Published at 12:56 PM

Monday June 6th, 2011

Lauren Conrad and Kim Kardashian Are Among Glamour‘s Top Sellers
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Lauren Conrad and Kim Kardashian Are Among Glamour‘s Top Sellers

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Glamour is having an unusually slow year, WWD is reporting. Apparently, we ladies just aren’t grabbing the Condé glossy off of newsstands as frequently as we used to. Editor-in-Chief Cindi Lieve told WWD that her and her editorial team are “1,000 percent focused on it.” They even had a big off-site meeting to try to “wrap their heads around it.”

Their conclusion? It’s all about the cover–and not the headlines–because women only spend an average of 1.7 seconds looking at magazine covers and that is not enough time to read headlines. Their focus is on the cover stars, and, so far, reality TV stars = newsstand sales. Lauren Conrad‘s May 2010 cover was their biggest selling of the year and Kim Kardashian is the best seller of 2011 so far.

However, Lieve believes Glamour‘s upcoming July issue, for which Blake Lively graces the cover, might even outsell the Kardashian. “I have hopes that Blake Lively’s nude picture scandal will put her over the edge. Just kidding, Blake.” Of course, Lieve is probably right and not kidding at all.

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Published at 4:30 PM

Thursday June 2nd, 2011

Lauren Conrad on Her Second Collection for Paper Crown (Plus the Full Look Book)
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Lauren Conrad on Her Second Collection for Paper Crown (Plus the Full Look Book)

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Lauren Conrad’s new line Paper Crown might not have the publicity of an MTV reality show behind it, but it’s still chugging right along.

In fact, Conrad, who is on the cover of Lucky‘s July issue in a complete look from her new label, told the mag that she’s even glad her reality show was dropped. “It’s easier to launch the line without MTV,” she says. “A lot of people in fashion don’t want to be linked with anything that has to do with reality TV. Showrooms were turning us down.” Plus, she concedes her life isn’t exactly MTV fodder anymore. “There weren’t any scenes of me getting drunk or fighting, so what’s the point?” she told the mag.

Conrad seems bent on proving herself in the fashion world.

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Published at 7:12 PM

Tuesday April 19th, 2011

OMG, You Guys! Lauren Conrad Just Launched a Beauty Site!
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OMG, You Guys! Lauren Conrad Just Launched a Beauty Site!

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Lauren Conrad is Allure’s May cover girl, and she is guest editing the beauty bible’s Facebook page all week. Yesterday she casually mentioned, “My new beauty site is launching right now!” Huh? What? Beauty site?

Yes, it’s true. The site, called the Beauty Department, is a collaboration with her hair stylist Kristen Ess and her makeup artist Amy Nadine. According to the “About” page:

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Published at 12:28 PM