Sunday, April 04, 2010

Glamour interview with Lauren Conrad - May 2010


Lauren “L.C.” Conrad, 24, has been through more drama than most women twice her age: From age 18 until just last year, all of her breakups, makeups and more were chronicled on the MTV hits Laguna Beach and The Hills. Along the way, her BFFs Whitney Port and Lo Bosworth have been her rocks. “They’re my support system,” says Conrad. As her star has risen, they’ve helped her stay grounded, and boy, has she needed it. In April of last year, she secured a contract to design clothes for Kohl’s; months later her debut novel, L.A. Candy, shot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list; and now she has a second novel out, Sweet Little Lies.

GLAMOUR: It’s our Friends Issue, so let’s get right to it: What do yours mean to you?

LAUREN CONRAD: Everything! There are six of us: Lo, who is my roommate; Whitney; my other roommate, Maura; Britton and Natania; and Jillian, whom I’ve known since kindergarten. When I’m upset they build me up, and if I’m getting a little too involved, they bring me back.

G: Were Maura, Jillian and Natania on The Hills?

LC: In thebackground. They didn’t really have an interest in it. They were behind the cameras eating cereal in the morning.

G: What is your advice to girls just heading out into the business world of design? How do you know and do what you love?

LC: I grew up always knowing what I wanted to do, and I’m starting to see how rare that is. All of my friends are just figuring it out. It’s a process of elimination until you find what you love.

G: When The Hills ended, you had a lot of career choices. Why did you decide to go the book-writing route?

LC: I had been thinking about it for a while. I’ve always been a creative person, loved to design [clothes], so this was a different…challenge. Going into it, I was still a little unsure of myself.

G: What was the process like? Did you just sit down and start writing?

LC: The editors at HarperCollins were so great. I didn’t realize that you had to do an overview, then a chapter outline. Then it comes down to filling in the blanks.

G: Where do you usually write?

LC: In bed. At night I can write for hours.

G: How is the L.C. of today different from the one who moved to L.A. fresh out of high school?

LC: I learned very fast that this is a business, not a playground. Your career affects a lot of other people’s careers—they depend on you to do your job. In Hollywood, you grow up quick.

G: And you definitely had to; you endured a lot of criticism on The Hills.

LC: It got to the point where I was afraid to go online. I lived without cable or Internet for an entire year.

G: How did you turn it back on?

LC: I finally realized that [gossip] wasn’t going to hurt me. I have my family and friends, and I get to do what I love. Is any of that taken away because one person called me ugly? No.

GL: "I want to know how fame affected her relationships. Does she [ever] wish she could blend in and go unnoticed?”

LC: Lo and I had a strong enough friendship that we understood this was our job, and sometimes it was going to be silly, but at the end of the day, we loved each other. Whitney is a very understanding, levelheaded person, which is rare. So I never had a fight with her—but I did with everyone else on that show, about everything.

G: The rest of the question was about whether you wish you could go incognito. Answer honestly!

LC: I get very uncomfortable with people watching me. And I know that sounds silly because of the show, but we were filming with people that we’d known for years, and it was a job. [Now] when [I’m] in a movie theater and [I] can hear the whispers, it’s like that really bad dream where you go to school naked. You feel so self-conscious.

G: You’re in a serious relationship now [with TV actor Kyle Howard]. How does this relationship differ from ones you’ve had in the past?

LC: I don’t have to clear my movie dates with a filming crew. [Laughs.] As soon as I started doing the show, I never had a boyfriend off camera; it wasn’t allowed. So I had a rule: I would date someone for two weeks, and that was it. Anyway, the first two weeks are the best!

G: You never got attached?

LC: [If] they were willing to be on camera [so] quickly, I knew it wasn’t going to work out. And if they weren’t willing to, I couldn’t have that relationship anyway.

G: Let’s talk fashion and style. “Lauren always looks put together. What [are] the staple pieces in her wardrobe?”

LC: A sky-high black heel. Skinny jeans—mine are BDG from Urban Outfitters. They’re affordable and I go through them so quickly; I rip and stain and spill on them. I’m like a five-year-old!

G: We got a million reader questions about your hair. “Is it shampoo, conditioner, professionally done daily? I just want to know how she gets those perfect shiny waves.”

LC: I use a different shampoo every day. I don’t use products—not even hairspray.

G: Have you ever tried hair extensions, or is this all your own?

LC: Well, I consider it mine because I own it. [Laughs.] But these are all extensions. I chopped all my hair off to my shoulders. I thought I was doing a chic bob. It was so bad. I have the taped-in ones, which are great because they lie flat when you pull your hair into a ponytail. I couldn’t do the individual ones; they felt like bugs!

G: I love your honesty. Do you ever feel pressure to be super skinny?

LC: I’ve never felt a push to be stick thin. I work out and eat healthy, so mostly it’s about being in shape and having energy. But about a year ago, I looked down and thought, I have cellulite. Where did that come from? I went through treatments; [my body] was like, It’s not going anywhere. Recently my boyfriend and I went to Cabo. We sat down on the beach, I took off my wrap and some woman pointed out a boat full of paparazzi. I was like, “There goes my tan.”

G: You’re so successful so young. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

LC: I’ll be 34—so I probably won’t be clubbing. [Laughs.] I’d like to be doing something that makes me happy. Hopefully by then I’ll have settled down with someone.

G: Kids?

LC: Maybe. Being responsible for another human life terrifies me, because I kill plants. It’s crazy to me when people my age want kids. I feel like a kid myself!

xoxo,
Vicky

35 comments:

Laura said...

heej raring :)
Aa nee jag ska inte dit.. gillar inte chili.. känner mig så gammal när jag är där hahahah! det är lite yngre än mig :)
Ska du dit då?
Hur gammal är du förresten? Ser att du. gör journalistjobb. vad äre för jobb du gör?
Kram

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sorry, że poza tematem, ale wiesz może czemu w tym roku nie było w Planicy miejsca "kiss & fly"???

Vicky M said...

na ten co tu pisze lub tylkovicky, lub na facebooku :)

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Bylo kiss & fly, tylko nikt z tego nie korzystal...

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