Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
I think this dress is pretty. But I think this dress was PRETTIER the first time around, when Oscar de la Renta made it. (Real talk: That kind of echo seems to happen at this show every season now.)
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
I do appreciate Dresses For Ladies Who Want A Second Class of Wine and Caviar Toast Without A Damn Care.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
I can't decide if this is attractive, or a drop cloth that someone decided to recycle. It might be both?
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
That black patch looks like a censor bar. And it doesn't justify the clunky shoes with this.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
Monique. Shorts are not your forte. They have NEVER been your forte.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
If I remember correctly, in motion this was clearly a gown with a full-body veil over it. Like a bride took herself to paintball.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
When Monique is on, though, she is ON.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
This could be worse -- though honestly, I recall the blue lace top looking cheesier in person.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
Here we have the warm-shades version...
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
... and the one in cool shades.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
Wait. Are the tucked-in shirttails the reason I can't see her crotch?
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
I like the green. I don't even mind it with the pink. I just wish it were in a different configuration.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
These two feel like half-baked ideas that she tossed together in the hopes that two cutes would make a great.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
When this came down the runway I clutched Jess's arm and croaked, "OH NOOO."
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
Cute day dress; terrible styling. She might as well be wearing Tevas.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
I love this in theory, but looking at the shape of it on the model, I can't tell how well it's going to translate. But SURELY we will see it on the red carpet. I hope someone does give it a try.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
I don't think the Christmas wreath adds anything here.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
Doesn't THIS feel overdone already, too? That neckline was big on a Solace London line that a couple people wore (and we also saw it at some awards shows by other people), and then we've got the addition of a sheer skirt because WHY NOT, LET'S JUST DO EVERYTHING BORING AT ONCE.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
Nice breastplate.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
This is the kind of breezily elegant thing that an emerging actress -- like a Jamie Chung -- will wear en route to the Today Show.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
Herbology class had gone terribly wrong that day.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
This could work nicely on the right starlet.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
This cut is quite striking. I can't decide if I wish the skirt were a different fabric, because it MIGHT read a little bridesmaid-y as it is. But it could look really fetching on, say, an Allison Janney at the Emmys.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
There is a pants version about which I am less enthused. I do love the colors, though.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
This is falling off. It's hard to evaluate any of it when it's clearly made for a wholly different human.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
This will look bananas on a red carpet, but it looked SUPER cool coming down the runway because...
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
Whee! I love a dramatic spin.
Monique Lhuillier: Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show at New York Fashion Week
I do not love shoes that look like Koosh balls.