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Lili Taylor and Lauren Conrad (I love that shade of green!)

Lili Taylor, John Forte and Lauren Conrad

Lauren Conrad and designer Nanette Lepore

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Lauren Conrad was spotted out for a taping of the “Late Show with David Letterman” on Thursday afternoon, with an entirely sequinned dress and a cropped leather jacket.

Lauren Conrad recently said that she doesn’t plan on attending Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt’s weekend wedding, telling, “Um, those are not in my plans, no.”

According to the Press Association she said, “I think that it was very nice of her to invite me, but I think that she didn’t really expect me to come.”

Lauren Conrad Arriving To “The Late Show With David Letterman”

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It’s a clothes call for Lauren Conrad!

One month after the 23-year-old designer announced that she was taking a hiatus from her upscale clothing line, the Hills star reveals that she is launching a brand-new apparel line for Kohl’s department stores.

“It is a California chic line,” she tells Usmagazine.com of the new brand, called LC Lauren Conrad. “It is a little more casual. They are basically trying to take that California style and make it accessible everywhere.”

The line — which will consist of only apparel at first but may expand to include shoes, jewelry, handbags, intimates and sleepwear — will be available in October exclusively at Kohl’s stores and on the store’s website. The prices will range from $20 to $60.

“We are very excited to announce our partnership with Lauren Conrad, a pop culture icon whose style resonates with our contemporary customer,” Don Brennan, the senior vice president of Kohl’s, told Us in a statement Monday.

He added: “We are confident the LC Lauren Conrad collection brings customers both the contemporary style and the world-class brands they want at a price that delivers incredible value.”

So why did she decide to take time off from the Lauren Conrad Collection — which is more expensive and only available in select boutiques — to create the national Kohl’s line?

“It was just kind of a battle I had because I wanted to do a higher-end line — I wanted to do a contemporary line — but I was also very aware that the reason I was able to do it at such a young age was because of fans that have supported the show and have supported me,” Conrad tells Us. “So this was my way of being able to still do what I love and work with a great company and also make it accessible to the fans that made it possible in the first place.”

Plus, the star admits that she has shopped at the store.

“My family has always shopped at Kohl’s, so I’ve always known about them and I think that they do a really great job,” Conrad says of the franchise, which has also partnered with designer Vera Wang.

Conrad’s personal collection will be back next spring, and she tells us that fans could pair styles from both of her lines.

“I like having more of an eclectic style where you mix high ends and more affordable pieces,” she says. “It’s great to be able to go to a store like Kohl’s and get really good classic pieces and mix them into your wardrobe.”

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Lauren Conrad may have one more season left on “The Hills,” but she won’t actually be filming anything from this point on — an insider says all of LC’s antics are already in the can.

According to our source, Conrad’s contract with MTV expired in March; the star celebrated the end of her reality life with cast members at a party at L.A. eatery Beso last month. But that bash was her last “real” day of filming — and producers soon had the task of coming up with enough Conrad footage to keep fans happy through the entire season.

Their solution? Taping as much LC as they could before she left for good.

“The producers would make Lauren react to a lot of potential scenarios, because they’re not yet sure how the finale will play out with the other characters,” says our source. “They would literally give her directions like, ‘Now react to Stephanie Pratt being pregnant!’ Lauren would just giggle and go for it. She also had to pretend to react to a fake story line about Audrina and Brody hooking up.”

A rep for MTV said both the contract and filming allegations are untrue. “We couldn’t cut a show with Lauren’s fake reactions,” said the flack.

Either way, Conrad is reportedly relieved to be over “The Hills” and heading far away. “Now that she’s finished out her contract, Lauren is completely done with the show,” says the source. “She’s already capitalized on her success — she’s taken this ride as far as she can.”

If Lauren is glad to be done with “The Hills,” her co-star Heidi Montag is doubly glad to be done with Lauren.

“We don’t need her,” Conrad’s frenemy sniped recently. “We’ll miss her — I just don’t know if we need her.”

LC’s nemesis added, “I know she hasn’t been wanting to be doing this for a while, and [the life she really leads] is not on camera. So I think it’s a closing chapter for her. [Lauren’s] gotta leave the dramas to the pros!”

From the looks of things, LC won’t have any problems passing the torch.

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“The Hills” will no longer be alive with the drama of Lauren Conrad - at least, after the fifth season.

The producer of the MTV reality series confirms Conrad is leaving “The Hills,” and that season five, premiering March 30, will be Conrad’s final appearance.

Liz Gately says Conrad wants to move forward and lead a more private life. Gately plans to give the 23-year-old fashion designer a big send-off, and is evaluating how to continue with the show following Conrad’s departure.

“The Hills,” which debuted in 2006, has followed Conrad as she struggles with man problems, career drama and friendship fall outs.

MTV’s cameras began rolling on Conrad when she was a high school student on “Laguna Beach” before graduating to “The Hills.”

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Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag

Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge

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