The show and capsule
collection was classic Conrad:
feminine, whimsical, hints of
boho, a generous sprinkling
of romance. There were real
f lowers, paper f lowers, lace,
scallops, ruff les and rose gold
throughout. “I learnt early on
that it’s very important to trust
your gut, because that is what
is going to feel honest,” she
says. “I’ve always liked girlie
things, simply put. That’s what
makes me happy.”
Adored though Lauren’s
buttercream-and-peonies style
may be, edgy it is not. “I just
prefer a feminine twist,” she
explains. “I can’t do a heavy
boot or a Birkenstock. I can’t
even do boyfriend jeans. I tried
to buy a pair recently. I was
like, ‘I’m just going to do it.William Tell, who she met in- “A mutual friend set us
up,” she recalls. “We were all
going to a dinner on Valentine’s
Day and I told her she could
bring him. I had no idea what
I was going to get.” What she
got was The One. “I never felt
like I was compromising with
him in any part of my life,” she
says of how she knew. “Things
were easy with him, in an
everything-falling-into-place
way. I spent the first year of
our relationship waiting for the
other shoe to drop, like it might
not actually be this good.”
Everyone looks cool in these.’
I was showing my husband,
and he’s like, ‘It just looks like
you’re having a rough month
and trying to hide it.’” Far from
being offended, she agreed.THEREIN LIES LAUREN’S
ENDURING APPEAL: She just
is who she is, even if that is –
as she’s been called before –
a little basic. “I probably am
pretty basic,” she says, “but I’m
also a pretty happy person, so
that’s OK with me.”
Part of this happiness
springs from said husband,IF THE FIRST YEAR OF
MARRIAGE IS SUPPOSED
TO BE ROCKY, LAUREN
HASN’T NOTICED. “It’s funny,
everyone is like ‘Is it different?’
I feel like I’m disappointing
them. The only difference is,
there is a sense of family. You
solidified the fact that you are
partners in life.” The other
difference has less to do with
them and everything to do
with other people. “The second
you get married, people think
it’s OK to ask you if you are
pregnant!” she says. “It’s kind
of a rude question – I would
never ask one of my friends if
she was pregnant.” To clarify,
she is not: “I mean, we’re still
very new, and we’re content.”
When The Hills wrapped,
Lauren swore off the medium
that made her famous and is
all the more stable for it. But
others, not so much. Earlier
this year, Lauren’s former best
frenemy and Hills co-star Heidi
Montag proclaimed that she
forgave Lauren “for trying to
ruin my life”. I ask her if she
has any thoughts.
She says a definitive “no”.
After a contemplative minute,
she adds, “I’m not involved in
that anymore. I don’t think it
has anything to do with me.
You just have to focus on the
good in your life. Focusing on
what you lose is only going to
make you sad.”
In other Hills news, her
former (and reportedly fake)
f lame Brody Jenner now has
his own sex- and dating-advice
show. “My husband told me
[about it]. I didn’t know!” she
says. “People say, ‘How do you
not know these things?’ and
I’m like –” she throws up her
hands and shrugs. So she hasn’t48 COSMOPOLITAN.com.au TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 136 116