Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

This is really pretty, but it feels like something other people have done it before, and better. That might be unfair of me; everything is inspired by SOMETHING else. And the black and pink are cool. But, and maybe it's just the way the skirt was moving at the moment this photo was taken, the scrollwork seems a little off-center to me, or something.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

It was awfully dramatic with the cape on, though.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

Okay, that is lovely, though. Really dreamy. Hailee Steinfeld, take it before Lily Collins gets it.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

And from the back: still cool.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

Having said that I don't adore her streetwear, that coat IS intriguing to me. I think I just want to get closer to it and look at it and figure out what it IS, exactly.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

Too princess-y for my tastes, and therefore a virtual guarantee someone will wear it to an [Age Group Of Which I'm Not A Part] Choice Awards.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

That's also neat, but I am freaked out by the fact that I can't tell what her arms are doing, or where her left hand went.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

If that had been scrollwork all the way down, and sleekly, then I'd be all over it.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

Again: go all the way down, please. DON'T STOP THE FUN SO SOON.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

I liked the black and pink combo on the massive gowns, but on this it feels a little inexpensive. That might be because back in the day, I had an Express dress that was reversible, which was black on one side and a similar pink on the other, and it was INDEED not expensive, and could not pretend to be.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

The belt is doing nothing for this.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

And this is a lot of really pretty work that hugely competes with itself.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

And this feels a little Herve Leger.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

"My free skate is set to an instrumental version of 'Lady In Red' played entirely on mandolins."

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

Her pelvis and this dress are having a HUGE fight right now.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

You know how I feel about a good coat.

Monique Lhuillier - Runway - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014

And that's sort of groovy -- like a couple bees got together and decided to change the color scheme of the hive, just for giggles.

High Fugshion: Monique Lhuillier, New York Fashion Week Fall 2014

This show didn't feel that inspiring to me. I liked SOME of it just fine, but I think sometimes she's feeling around for an edge she doesn't have, or doesn't need. It's okay for a designer to admit and accept that they have a sweet spot, and just serve it and serve it well. Like, you don't see Naeem Khan trying to push street style down the runways, and nor should he. Because he is brilliant at beauty. These are just selects from the Monique show, but I wasn't feeling the peddling of fantasy as much throughout. Having said that, there is some stuff that's at least dramatic to look at, and we've included the video of the show below. A warning: Mute your computers if you don't want sound.