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"The perfect t-shirt is hard to come by. That&amp;amp;#8217;s why, when we came across LnA&amp;amp;#8212;a line of light-weight, ready-for-layering, flatteringly cut tees and other sporty separates&amp;amp;#8212;we had to know who the OZ-like person was that finally figured out how to get wardrobe essential numero uno 100% right. Turns out, there are two brains behind the line: Here, LnA&amp;#x27;s impossibly cool co-designers Lauren Alexander and April Leight indulge us with a little show&amp;amp;#8217;n&amp;amp;#8217;tell: LAUREN ALEXANDER, Designer Before I go to bed I always make a new playlist on iTunes to fall asleep to. When I was a kid my nickname was Punky Brewster. My favorite comfort food is Sushi and chocolate (not together). My first &amp;amp;#8220;cool&amp;amp;#8221; outfit was my equestrian show clothes that I got from a tack store. London is my favorite place that I&amp;amp;#8217;ve ever been to. This is my office at LnA. The look in my office is super eclectic and slightly bohemian. It tends to always be messy and covered with fabric and magazines! April is a neat freak and I&amp;#x27;m messy :) haha I have about 20 shoes in my closet. My biggest splurge was on Balenciaga&amp;amp;#8217;s for my sis and my cheapest find was a vintage Gucci luggage from my mom&amp;amp;#8217;s closet. I collect old keys because they all have a story behind them. This is a picture of the top of my dresser in my room at home... it&amp;amp;#8217;s covered with books, magazines, and CD&amp;#x27;s... there&amp;#x27;s also a picture of April and I from the photo booth at Project. One of my first fashion icons was Jimi Hendrix, Billy Idol and Blondie. My first job was cleaning horse stalls at my barn. If I had to compete in the Miss America contest, my talent would be, hmmmm&amp;amp;#133; horse-back riding. The wall next to my bed where I hang all of my necklaces&amp;amp;#133; I have so many that if I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t hang them they&amp;amp;#8217;d be in one huge knot. If I had more time I&amp;amp;#8217;d get more sleep&amp;amp;#133; The last good movie I saw was Natural Born Killers. The one thing I can never throw out is all of my dirty old white t-shirts. April (left) and I at our Coachella Music Festival Party last year! The color I wear most often is black. I can&amp;amp;#8217;t believe that I ever wore a zebra cowboy hat one new years&amp;amp;#133; a verrrrry long time ago. I&amp;amp;#8217;m originally from San Diego and now I live in Los Angeles because it&amp;amp;#8217;s given me the ability to do what I do!! This is my vanity in my room. If you look at the mirror you can see a small blue carton of Zico Coconut water... it&amp;amp;#8217;s my new obsession!! Fave color combo: White top, black bottoms. My shoe size: 8.5 Birthday (no year required): May 21st. How are you like your astrological sign? I&amp;amp;#8217;m a real twin and I definitely have 2 sides. Dogs or Cats? Both. This is a picture of Samson my dog on my desk&amp;amp;#133; he takes naps on top of all of my papers :) I bring him to work with me everyday to run around the warehouse. Which do you read more: Books or Blogs? Sadly it&amp;amp;#8217;s a close call :) Fave season: Spring or Winter? Spring. Pepsi or Coke? Neither! My walls are covered with pictures of everything that influences and inspires me. A lot of the pictures are of different bands that I listen to everyday... Music is the biggest inspiration for all of my designs.... Jeans or skirts? Jeans. Heels or flats? Heels. Tea or coffee? Coffee. Snooze-button hitter or jump out of bed? Snooze for at least 15 minutes&amp;amp;#133;on a good day. Pitt or Clooney? Hmmmmm&amp;amp;#133; Why is Johnny Depp not an option? ------------------------------------------------------- April in front of her beach house APRIL LEIGHT Designer Before I go to bed I always make sure my cat Jolee is in bed with me. When I was a kid my nickname was Apes. My favorite comfort food is mint chocolate chip ice cream from Breyers. My cat Jolee. I adopted her when she was 2 from the pound and I have had her for 10 years now. My first &amp;amp;#8220;cool&amp;amp;#8221; outfit was a baby doll dress with flowers printed all over it that I got from Clothes Time, I was 12 years old. Italy is my favorite place that I&amp;amp;#8217;ve ever been to. This is my office at LNA. I wanted it to be black, white and red. Just like our labels. I&amp;amp;#8217;d never have pickles in my house. I have about 300 (and counting) shoes in my closet. My biggest splurge was on a long Chanel coat and my cheapest find was a YSL dress at a flea market (I got it for a steal!). My shoes. Well, some of them. I have about 300 pairs. They are all over my house. They are in the closets, in boxes and the floor of my bedroom. I collect poems/quotes because they can bring out a range of emotions and thoughts. One of my first fashion icons was Coco Chanel. My first job was actually LnA. If I had to compete in the Miss America contest, my talent would be, blowing the biggest bubbles with my bubble gum. These are the books near my bed for now. I love books of poems and I love to read them before I go to sleep. I always love a good dream book. When I wake up and I want to know the meaning of a dream, it&amp;amp;#8217;s right there to describe it for me. If I had more time I&amp;amp;#8217;d travel to beach cities outside the USA. The last good movie I saw was Awakenings. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve seen it at least 20 times and I pulled it out of my DVD collection to watch it the other day. The one thing I can never throw out is a big box of letters and cards from special people (past and present) in my life. The color I wear most often is black. I can&amp;amp;#8217;t believe that I ever wore skorts (I was 14, it was cool back then). I have lots of closets all over my house for my clothes. One day, I dream of having one big walk-in closet. I&amp;amp;#8217;m originally from Malibu and now I live in both Malibu and Hollywood because I love both the beach and the city. When I told my friends + family I was going into fashion they were not surprised and supported me 110%. Fave color combo: Black and white. My shoe size is: 8 Birthday (no year required): April 18, 1978. I&amp;amp;#8217;m proud to say I have entered my 30s. I&amp;amp;#8217;m loving it and never felt better. I put images on the walls that I love and inspire me. How are you like your astrological sign? I am energetic, enthusiastic, confident and impatient. Dogs or Cats? Both. Which do you read more: Books or Blogs? Books. Fave season: Spring or Winter? Spring. Pepsi or Coke? Neither, I like Hansen&amp;amp;#8217;s. But if I had to choose, Diet Coke. Some of my favorite jewelry. The wishbone ring in my jewelry box means the most to me. It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ring that my dad married my mom with. It was all he had at the time and they are still married today. Jeans or skirts? Jeans. Heels or flats? Heels for night, flats for day. Tea or coffee? Neither. I don&amp;amp;#8217;t drink tea or coffee. Snooze-button hitter or jump out of bed? Jump out of bed. Pitt or Clooney? Neither, I like men younger than me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How cute are these lovely ladies? For more scoop on some of our favorite fashion folks, meet jewelry buff Rachel Leigh, California girl Rory Beca and the artsy genius behind the line Araks."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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