This designer is very popular here in our country not for her designs but for her (and her family's) pawnshop and jewelry boutiques. I know that Cebuana Lhuillier and M. Lhuillier has been the pawnshop of filipinos since I can remember. I can even remember my "yaya"(nanny) going there to pawn something. Anyways, the M. in M. Lhuillier actually stands for Monique or Michel.
(lol funny tag-lines)
Monique Lhuillier was born on born 1971, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.Lhuillier was born to Michel J. Lhuillier, a businessman of French descent, and Amparito Llamas, a Filipino society figure and former model of Spanish descent. As a teenager, she was an outstanding student in Lausanne, Switzerland and dreamed of becoming a successful fashion designer. She moved to Los Angeles to study design at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). It was during this time that she met her future husband Tom Bugbee.Monique and Tom currently reside in Los Angeles with their two children.
(Monique herself)
(with her husband Tom)
Lhuillier has become a celebrity favorite for both wedding and red carpet gowns. Her list of clientele includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Kristen Stewart, Drew Barrymore, Hilary Swank, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood , Catherine Zeta-Jones and the list goes on and on.
(some of the celebs who wore M. L.)
I really Love how she plays with fabrics I know the dresses look simple but they are hard to execute (she really has some tricks in her bag eh no?).
She plays well with shapes, colors and prints. She has my style in designing dresses (think of Metropolitan Gala and floor length ballgowns).
No wonder she's neck to neck with Vera Wang when it comes to designing wedding dresses. They say that when your dress is cleaner the more expensive your dress is and Monique is certainly like that, that's why her dresses are not for the faint-wallet. ((;
that's all....... L.
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