![]() ![]() With this line, I hope to inspire others to make environmentally smart decisions - from using reusable shopping bags, to turning off lights and even by buying products made from REPREVE® recycled materials. ![]() ![]() LC: As a designer, I hope my choices can raise visibility around the importance of environmental sustainability and start to drive change with my fans, so I created BlueAvocado XO(eco) collection, that can become a part of my daily life - from travel accessories to lunch kits and café totes. SheKnows: You have Paper Crown, LC Lauren Conrad and now XO(eco) with Amazon. Conrad’s first fashion line The Lauren Conrad Collection launched in March 2008. ![]() LC: All of the above! SheKnows: What is the one accessory you can’t live without? The line was a nod to Conrad’s own personal style that has evolved over the years. SheKnows: Any designers you are looking forward to seeing during New York Fashion Week? LC: There are so many I admire, like Phillip Lim, Marc Jacobs, Rebecca Taylor and Rebecca Minkoff. SheKnows: Who are your favorite designers? LC: A perfect little black dress, a great pair of pumps, skinny jeans, a black boyfriend blazer and a maxi dress you love. What are the five items every woman needs in her closet? LC Lauren Conrad Striped Maxi Dress $64, Paper Crown Angelica Dress $154, Topshop Boyfriend Blazer $130, Diane von Furstenberg Black Pumps $275, J Brand Skinny Jeans $323 SheKnows: Now let’s talk fashion. ![]()
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The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even to the remote Tidelands – the marshy landscape of the south coast.Īlinor, a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free from her abusive husband. Midsummer’s Eve, 1648, and England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. A dangerous time for a woman to be different. ![]() ![]() She hears a song, and it sends her in the past. Then she gets a phone call that rocks her. Her life is where she always thought it would be. Her career is in the exact place she always dreamed. THIS is one of those books that I will be recommending to all of my friends, because Kate Stewart has delivered in a big way with this book! Drive is an epic story of love, self-discovery, and it blew me away! 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