NEW YORK, January 16, 2008 – Monique Lhuillier is a party girl. Always has been, always will be—but the new boutique owner also has a head for business. So for pre-fall, she set about making "no-fuss clothes that everyone needs in their closet." Everyone, that is, who has something to celebrate. Lhuillier's taste for the night life is most alive in her red carpet-destined gowns, made in deep jewel tones. In keeping with the longer lengths making appearances elsewhere, there was also a light-as-a-cloud tea-length tulle number that tied at the shoulders. And for a starlet's "glam night out"? Knee-length dresses to kick up her heels in.

– Laird Borrelli-Persson