Monique Lhuillier Spring 2007 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review

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Monique Lhuillier Spring 2007 Ready-to-Wear

NEW YORK, September 12, 2006

By Laird Borrelli

Monique Lhuillier played it safe for spring, in a collection that reprised many of her past designs. Neat, jabot-fronted cocktail dresses reappeared, as did illusion necklaces—a familiar trope. The designer's exploration of color was more promising; her palette of forest green, bordeaux, and black orchid was an interesting choice in a season of flowery pastels. Lhuillier also experimented with fabrics, using unexpected materials like roughly textured linen raffia for evening wear. Loyalists will certainly be able to make a wish list from this collection—which included many pretty and appropriate gowns—but overall, spring found Lhuillier stuck in a repetitive rather than innovative mood.

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