Your request is being processed... Lauren Bush, W.'s Niece, Debuts Fashion Label Under Different Na

[CatWoman]

Lauren Bush's new fashion line hits Barneys today...under the name Lauren Pierce. The niece of former President Bush has previously denied that the change has anything to do with her family legacy.

As she told W in a November interview:

"It wasn't a conscious decision....Obviously my last name is associated with politics," Bush continues. "But Pierce is my grandmother's maiden name and my younger brother's name. It's not about downplaying my last name as much as it is about loving Pierce. And my brother is very flattered."

Also of note is that she's the girlfriend of David Lauren, son of Ralph, though she told W his influence is minimal.


"Obviously in dating David and spending time with his family, they've been inspirational in some way," says Bush, noting that she hasn't shown her collection to his father. "But I've been interested in doing something like this since before ever meeting David."

Bush is well-known for her charity work, most famously creating the ubiquitous "FEED" bag, and intends to continue that tradition with her new line. According to VanityFair.com:


So Lauren, the daughter of Neil (George W's brother) and Sharon Bush, plans to partner with a different women's cause for each of her collections. For spring '09, she worked with Women for Women International, which teaches women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo how to hand-dye fabrics. The one-of-a-kind materials accent Lauren Pierce's timeless cocktail dresses, double-sided capes, and perfect-for-spring skirts, and 10 percent of the proceeds from sales go back to supporting the artisans.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/25/lauren-bush-ws-niece-debu_n_179100.html

[TahitiNut]

1. So, she could also become Lauren Lauren?

Won't SOMEBODY chlorinate that gene pool?? Pleeeease?

[CatWoman]

3. ROFL!!

:hi:

too funny!!!

[Stevenmarc]

4. actually she'll be a Lifshitz

[TahitiNut]

7. I'd say that's one of the more understandable name changes.

... but oh-so-fitting for an inheritor of the Bush genes.

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. So if she gets married, her name will be Lauren Lauren?

Bizarre. But at least its one offspring of the Bush Crime Family who seems to want to live off of something other than Great Grampy Prescott's Nazi Blood Money, or Grandpa George's heroin money, so I'll applaud her for that much anyway.

[Mind_your_head]

5. The bush name is associated with upolstery fabric as fashion now.....

'Lauren' was that your doing?

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:RJ6MGtN3xtDcIM:http://www.suprmchaos.com

Mebbe Lauren isn't such a fashion maven/maverick as she believes herself to be. Was Lauren advising Laura * when she was the first lady? If so, case closed. If not, why not?

It's AMAZING how having money (and the influence that money can buy) can try to push one's NAME out front-and-center even though you've got no 'creds' (or claim to style).

[terisan]

6. Her mother Sharon Bush was dumped by the Bush Crime Family when Neil (Silverado)

dumped Sharon for Barbara Bush's protege--but Sharon Bush got even.

i applaud Lauren.

[Mind_your_head]

8. The smartest thing to do would be to d*mp the * connection and

find value with your own merits.

On edit: Lauren needs to find her own *bootstraps* to pull her own self up with. Don't use the * "name" It ain't regarded as "good" ~ at least not in the 'mainstream' ~ which is where all MONEY/EFFORT/POWER flows from.

[mitchum]

9. So,it's Lauren "Pierce" and David Lifshitz (since that is Ralph Lauren's real name)...

"Obviously in dating David and spending time with his family, they've been inspirational in some way,"
Apparently so

[tanyev]

10. Hey, that's the same trick Barbara used for her illegal fake ID.

(June 2001) Yesterday Newsweek magazine reported that her sister, Barbara - also charged last week with underage drinking during the margarita session - had used fake ID during a separate incident in October last year.

The magazine said Barbara had produced the identification at a nightclub called Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut, where she is studying at Yale University. The magazine revealed that the ID named her as Barbara Pierce - her grandmother's maiden name - gave a false address in Baltimore and altered her date of birth by three years. The security guard, Bill Coale, did not call the police, Newsweek said, but now had the ID card framed in his home. Yesterday, the management of Toad's Place declined to return calls.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010605/ai_n14386123

[Iggo]

11. "It wasn't a conscious decision..."

Watch out! It's the stupid!