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It didn't take long for Bush tc into her own ambitions. In I school, she began modeling. "My big job was an Abercrombie & I campaign," she remembers. "Bu mom wouldn't let me skip scl for it, so I missed half of the sh When we got there, we real Bruce Weber was the photograf | we knew we had made a mistak< Her experience in front of the c j era and her posh pedigree landed on many magazine covers through years, from Wto Town & Country. catapulted onto the social scene in / at Le Bal des Debutantes at the H de Crillon in Paris, where she dancc a one-of-a-kind Dior confection sm from the archives.
Despite her time in the spodight, B education remained a top priority; graduated from Princeton in 2006 -a B.A. in anthropology and a certifi in photography, but she also took s mer classes at Parsons and Central S Martins for fashion design.
She's put that training to good us< addition to her FEED bags, she launched an ecofriendly clot line, Lauren Pierce Atelier, in 2008. The collection, whi-coming to the Calypso St. Barth bouuques this summer, fea bright silk dresses hand dyed by women in the Democ Republic of the Congo.
Bush attributes her affinity to style to her grandmo Barbara Bush, the former first lady, known for her bold and Kenneth Jay Lane jewelry. "She has always paid atten to fashion," says Bush of the famously opinionated matri (who sends her granddaughter messages via her iPad). "S a very assertive grandma; she'll let you know if she likes ^ you're wearing or not."
Luckily, Bush prefers classic pieces over trendy ones, favors printed dresses, denim, and tailored knits for and the same effortlessness informs her evening choices fittingly relics on the timeless creations from Ralph La' (often a black dress paired with one of her FEED b; It's a look that perfectly sums her up: equal parts elegant jniercta :ed, the ultimate Lauren Lauren.