JOURNALISM
Since August 2022, Lauren has been on staff at The Guardian. You can read her work here
The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2022, “How Fancy Shorts Stole The Summer”
The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2022, “How Fancy Shorts Stole The Summer”
Bloomberg Pursuits, June 23, 2022, “The Wing Co-Founder Audrey Gelman Has A New Role: Country Shopkeep”
Financial Times, Life and Arts Section, June 11, 2022, “Cooper Raiff on Going from Delivering Uber Eats to Taking Sundance by Storm”
Wall Street Journal, Off Duty Section, May 26, 2022, “Super-Short Mini Skirts: Can Anyone Really Wear Them?”
WSJ. Magazine, May, 2022, “Joe Alwyn in Hollywood’s Most Private Leading Man”
Time, April, 2022, “How the Olsen Twins and NXIVM Inspired Author Janelle Brown”
Vogue, April, 2022, “The Literary Acrobatics of Jennifer Egan”
Elle Decor, April, 2022, “With Two Kids, Two Dogs, and Two Bunnies, This Pittsburgh Family Home is Always Hopping”
Wall Street Journal, Off Duty section, March 26, 2022, “Preppy With a Twist: How Old School Style Got Provocative”
How To Spend It, Financial Times, March 15, 2022, “How Small Batch Ceramics Became The New Supreme”
The New York Times, Sunday Styles, March 6, 2022, “Becoming Elizabeth Holmes—A Profile of Claire Parkinson, The Dropout’s Costume Designer”
Town & Country, March 5, 2022, “Welcome to the Era of the Handfluencer”
Vogue, March, 2022, “36 Thrilling Hours in the Arizona Desert”
Vogue, March, 2022, “Spring For It: March Book Column”
The New York Times, Sunday Styles Cover Story, January 30, 2022, “Everyone Has Left The Chat”
TZR, January 2022, “How Machiavelli Came to Be The Working Woman’s Savior”
Elle Decor, January 2022, “In The Shadow of Jazz-Age Villas, A Tiny Palm Beach Bungalow With Maximum Charm”
Dear New York, anthology, November 2021, ”Lucky Strike”
The New York Times, Sunday Business Cover Story, November 21, 2021, ”Career Coaching Today: Forget The Corporate Ladder and Find Thyself”
WSJ. Magazine, November 2021, “Candace Bushnell Returns to New York—This Time Onstage”
Vogue, November, 2021, ”The Vampire Wife’s Susie Cave Lights Out For Candle-preneur Territory”
Vogue, November, 2021, Review of Gary Shteyngart’s Our Country Friends
Vogue, October, 2021, Review of Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads
TZR, September, 2021, Cover Story, “The Silver Era of Andie MacDowell”
The Wall Street Journal, September, 2021, Off Duty Cover Story, “How To Dress For An Impossible Work Year”
Elle Decor, September 2021, “Inside A Silicon Valley Tudor Turned Rock And Roll Fantasia”
The Wall Street Journal, July, 2021, “Marla Aaron Ditched Her Career in Media to Become A Jewelry Mogul”
Elle Decor, June 2021, “More Is More In This Gargantuan Art-Filled 33,000 Square Foot Home”
Shape Magazine, June 2021, “How Acupuncture Might Pull You Out of Your Quarantine Fog”
Town & Country, July 2021, “The Unexpected Adulthood of Gossip Girl Creator Cecily von Ziegesar”
Vanity Fair, June 2021, “How a Wildly Unpopular Podcast Became a Literary-World Sensation”
Vanity Fair, April 2021, “What Will Happen To Our Friendships When We Crawl Out of Our Pandemic Hidey Holes?”
Shape Magazine, May 2021, “I Tried Martha Stewart’s Butt Machine”
The Wall Street Journal, May 2021, “How Beth Diana Smith Went From Being An Accountant to A Superstar Interior Designer”
The New York Times, Styles cover, March 2021, “Chasing The Scent of Brooklyn Fragrance Lover”
The Wall Street Journal, March 2021, “A Law Professor Switches to Stand-”
Shape Magazine, March 2021, “How to Embrace Aging With Mythical Highlights”
Shape, March 2021, “Is Your Skin Going Through Menopause?”
WSJ. Magazine, February 2021, “Is Your Workout Age-Appropriate?”
Shape, February 2021, “How Actress Lily Rabe Got in Fighting Form For Her New Amazon Prime Series”
The Wall Street Journal, January 2021, “Why Meg Ryan’s ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Fisherman Sweater is Back in Style”
Shape Magazine, January 2021, “Straightening Your Teeth is the Latest Pandemic Project”
WSJ. Magazine, January 2021, “Who is Alexandra Andrews? The Breakout Novelist to Know This Year”
The Wall Street Journal, January 2021, “A Doctor Launches Her Passion Project: Selling Green Beauty”
Vogue, January 2021, “The Best Books to Read in 2021” (contributed reviews of books by Katie Kitamura and Kayleen Schaefer)
Harpers Bazaar, December/January 2020-21, “What Does it Mean to Age Gracefully? It May Be Time to Shed Old Ideas About Aging”
The Wall Street Journal, December 2020, “How a Laid-Off Tech Executive Became a Personal Organizer”
Vanity Fair, November 2020, “Succession Writer (And Shiv’s Id) Lucy Prebble Talks Her New Show, ‘I Hate Suzie’ ”
The Wall Street Journal, November 2020, Page A1, “The Early Bird Special is Now Everyone’s Favorite Restaurant Reservation”
Vogue, October 2020, “Roller Skating into A Fantasy World ”
Vanity Fair, October 2020, “The Outdoor Massage Phenomenon is a Rare Relief”
Town and Country, October 2020, “Beverly Hills 90210 Will Never Age”
The Wall Street Journal, September 2020, “Where Do We Stand on Bike Shorts?”
The New York Times September, 2020, “This Fall, Unleash Your Inner Miss Frizzle”
Vogue, September 2020: “Meet Via Maris, Your New Favorite Purveyor of Chic Judaica”
Vogue, September 2020: Review of Elana Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults”
The Wall Street Journal, August, 2020: “Fanny Packs Are Standard Covid Attire”
The New York Times, June 2020: “Goodbye Spa Pedicure, Hello Baby Foot!”
Vanity Fair, June 2020: “Next Door’s Founder Wants to Remind You About the App’s ‘Kindness Reminder’”
Refinery29, October 2019: “Influencer Aimee Song Unfiltered on Design, Depression, and Life Beyond Instagram”
Refinery29, August 2019: “Meet Kim Kardashian’s Facialist Joanna Czech, A Celebrity in Her Own Right”
Oprah Magazine, June 2019: “How Being Friends With Younger Women Helps Me Feel Connected to My Old Self”
Read It Forward, June 25, 2019: “How Books Make Us Feel Less Alone”
Vice, June 2019: “Starting An Instagram Clique Cured Me of My Fear of Group Friendships”
The Wall Street Journal, June 2019: “Message in a Bottle: An Aperitivo-Fueled Adventure Among Brooklyn’s Sauna Set”
The New York Times Sunday Review, June 2019: “How to End a Friendship”
Vogue.com, May 2019: “Confessions of a Pod Head”
The New Yorker.com, April 2019: "A Virtual-Reality Program to Conquer the Fear of Public Speaking"
Departures, April 2019: “This West Texas Art Town is Giving Austin A Run For Its Money”
Vogue, April 2019: “A New Generation Goes Gray”
Vogue, March 2019: “What Jane Austin Can Teach Us About Wellness”
Vanity Fair, February 2019: “If the Shoe Fits: In Praise of the Jolie Laide”
Vogue, December 2018: “Rising Star Alert! Meet Thomasin McKenzie”
Wall Street Journal, November 2018: “Why Cats are Perfectly Feminist”
Vogue, Fall 2018 Culture Guide: Collected Book Columns on Lisa Brennan Jobs, Kate Atkinson, and Tana French
Departures, September 2018, "Manifest Coaching in the Arizona Desert"
Fashion Magazine (Canada), November, 2018, “Why Capes are Fashion’s Latest Superhero”
T Magazine, August 2018, "The Enduring Influence of Nico"
Lenny Letter, June 2018: "Adventures in Wellness Hellness"
Time, June 2018: "Why Celebrity Book Imprints are the New Handbags"
The Guardian, May 2018: "Meet the Most Successful Woman in Book Publishing You've (Probably) Never Heard of"
WSJ Magazine, April, 2018: "The Butler Did It"
New York Times Book Review, April 2018: "When the Aftermath of a Shooting Is as Devastating as the Crime"
The Wall Street Journal, April, 2018: Clearly Not (The Case Against Clear Handbags)
The New Yorker.com, March, 2018: "At Last, A Fitness Class That Delivers Electric Shocks While You Exercise"
The New York Times, February, 2018, "Why is This Woman So Preoccupied With Your Bathroom Habits?"
The Wall Street Journal, February, 2018: "Lace Odyssey"
Departures, February, 2018: "These Young Entrepreneurs Are Taking Bespoke Travel to the Next Level"
Times of London Style Magazine, February, 2018, "Hop, Skip, and a Jump"
The New Yorker.com, January, 2018: "The Life-Changing Magic of Clogs"
Vogue, January 2018, “How Coming out Made Me Whole” by Katja Blitchfeld with Lauren Mechling
The Walrus, January, 2018: “The Other Trump Book”
The New York Times, December, 2017: "Young Fitness Fogies Ditch $40 Classes for Hoops, Laps, and Jogs"