Laura "Luann" Bambrough (April 28, 1964 – March 17, 2014), known professionally as L'Wren Scott, was a American stylist, fashion designer, costume designer and model. Previously a celebrity stylist, Scott's clientele includes actors and politicians.
Early life and education:
Scott was named Laura Bambrough by her Mormon adoptive parents, Ivan and Lula Bambrough, who raised her in Roy, Utah, with two siblings, Jan and Randall, also adoptees. Laura was soon nicknamed "Luann". Known for her tall frame, she had already reached 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) in height by the age of twelve, and would eventually grow to 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m). Because of her height, she had to sew her own clothes. She learned clothing construction, and fabric quality starting at the age of twelve.
Luann Bambrough graduated from Roy High School in 1982.
Career:
L'Wren Scott's career moved from model, stylist, to fashion designer. There are two versions of how she got her start. The first has her at age 16, being spotted by photographer Bruce Weber, when he came to Utah on a photo shoot. He advised her to go to Paris. It is said that a year later she flew to Europe on a one-way ticket, after telling her parents she was going to New York. The second indicates that Scott moved to Los Angeles a year-and-a-half after graduating high school, where she was spotted by a scout with agency ties in Paris, where she became, "L'Wren." Working with Paris-based agencies, Glamour and Marilyn Gauthier, she went on to work for Thierry Mugler and Chanel, Helmut Newton, as well as model for photographers as Guy Bourdin, David Bailey and Jean-Paul Goude. Her first commercial success was as the legs on a clock for the Pretty Polly hosiery ads, with photographs taken by David Bailey.

Stylist:
Scott moved to California in the early 1990s and established herself as a stylist, initially in collaboration with photographer Herb Ritts, and later with Helmut Newton, Karl Lagerfeld and Mario Sorrenti. One of her early assignments was an ad campaign for Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds, eventually the world's top-selling celebrity fragrance.

In 2009, she contributed designs for Madonna to wear in her photo shoot with model Jesus Luz for W Magazine and in 2011, Scott styled actress Julia Roberts for a W Magazine shoot, alongside Tom Hanks. She designed costumes for such films as Diabolique (1996 remake), Ocean's Thirteen, Eyes Wide Shut, as well as Shine a Light, a documentary by Martin Scorsese about The Rolling Stones, with Mick Jagger, with whom she had been romantically linked since 2001.
Designer:
As L’Wren told Vogue in 2009, “I trusted my instincts and stuck to what I believed in.” L'Wren Scott designed clothing, makeup, perfume, handbags, shoes, and eyeglasses.
Personal Life: Relationships:
Marriages:
L'Wren Scott was married twice, for short periods of time. From 1990 - 1993 as "Lauren Scott," she was married to British property developer Andrew Ladsky. In 1993, one month after her divorce from Ladsky, she married Andrew Brand, manager of a Prada franchise in Beverly Hills. The marriage lasted only 9 months. The divorce was finalized in 1997.
Longtime Companion:
Her longest relationship was with Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, whom she met around 2001. They didn't have children of their own. However, in 2010, Scott told the Sunday Times: "I have seven wonderful sort-of children in my life, by default. I have four fabulous grandchildren. I feel that being a product of adoption is a wonderful thing, and at the moment my life is saturated with children. My family life is a high priority." The couple lived in London, NYC, France, and Mustique. Scott's family members have divided opinions regarding Mick Jagger's relationship with their sister

Family:
L'Wren was close to her late parents, Ivan and Lula, and her brother Randall Bambrough. He is a tech executive, who was brought on to her company as Financial Director of LS Fashions, Limited (registered in the UK) in October 2013.

Death:
After a long period of depression, Scott was found dead by her assistant at her apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan on March 17, 2014 when she discovered L'Wren hanging by the door handle with a scarf wound around her neck. The police reported that no note was found and there was no sign of foul play. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner determined Scott's manner and cause of death to be suicide by hanging. She was 49.

Upon learning of her death Mick Jagger wrote on his website and on his official Facebook page: "I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way. We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves. She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me. I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received. I will never forget her."

A memorial in Utah on April 12, 2014 was led by her brother Randall Bambrough. Bambrough urged people to remember L'Wren "As a wonderful terrific person who was highly talented and had a very large heart and brought the best out in people.” Her estranged, adoptive sister Jan Shane was also in attendance. L'Wren Scott's ashes were buried next to her parents, Ivan and Lula Bambrough, near the family home in Ogden, Utah. A final memorial was held for her friends on May 2, 2014, led by Jagger and Randall Bambrough in New York City.

Source: wikipedia.org