“When you're growing up, you play dress-up - it's a game, it's a pastime. And then as you get older, getting ready and looking nice becomes this constant stress. I want to make it fun again.”

American television personality, fashion designer and author

Lauren Katherine Conrad is an American television personality, fashion designer, and author. She came to prominence in 2004 after being cast in the reality television series "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County," which followed her and her friends in their hometown of Laguna Beach, California. Her public profile grew out of that series, and she later became known for work in fashion and writing as well. The best-known parts of her career are tied to reality television and to the style-focused work that followed it.