And there's a very good reason for that. Lhuillier manages to distill modern high fashion trends into plausible and flattering collections, clothes that department stores know they can sell with confidence.
In a very tangible sense if one really wants to understand what stylish American women will be wearing this autumn, then a visit to an Lhuillier runway show is highly informative. She cuts with class and assurance, self-edits splendidly and knows how to create dramatic silhouettes that compliment rather than overpower ladies. No wonder heavy league buyers from Saks, Harrods and Bergdorf Goodman all showed up, and with their business antenna on full alert.
That was very much the case with this femininely seductive fall 2011 collection where the designer riffed on ideas seen in Europe, though with sufficient zest and personal input to make each look very much her own.
A silver encrusted halter neck black crepe column may well have echoed Yves Saint Laurent and several ostrich feather looks - either an A-Line cocktail or a deep scarlet coat - recalled Giambattista Valli. Yet throughout this collection there was still a signature Lhuillier style - flirty, lacey, focused femininity.
"This woman knows how to gets what she wants," trumpeted the designer in her program notes. And, leaving this show in the custom-made Lincoln Center show tent complex, one could only think that wearing these clothes, women will achieve precisely that.
*Beautiful as always! High fashion and always a cut above the rest*
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