And for some reason, I chose to do a wedding scene. And I was thinking of the label and all this stuff. And then, I also got engaged at that time and I started to look for a wedding dress, and that's when everything started to fall into place. After growing up a fashion devotee with a penchant for glamour, Lhuillier was well on her way to making her dreams a reality, but the path onward would not be familiar territory.
I just knew I wanted to create these beautiful gowns. Through those conversations, Lhuillier learned she could put her work on display at a trade show, where she ended up getting multiple customers and a whole new slew of anxieties.
Now we are in business and I have to make all these dresses. She got through it with help from her husband, then-business student Tom Bugbee , but without the help of outside investment.
I started the company from the basement of our home in Malibu," she described. And then on Friday we would board a plane and go to local bridal salons throughout the country that would carry us. And I would do trunk shows from Friday early evening and leave Sunday. They would be like, 'Oh, you know that Monique girl, she's new? I can't say her name,'" she remembered. After nearly four years, "People started saying Monique Lhuillier," she said.
We are going in the right direction. Then, in , Angelina Jolie stepped out at the Golden Globes in a black strapless gown by Lhuillier. The milestones ramped up for Lhuillier as she expanded from bridal into evening and ready-to-wear and made her debut at New York Fashion Week.
At the height of the early aughts, she dressed the bride of all brides, Britney Spears, for her wedding to ex Kevin Federline. Countless stars have since donned her dresses, from Fleabag 's Phoebe Waller-Bridge for her three-time winning night at the Emmys to former First Lady Michelle Obama to Carrie Underwood and Reese Witherspoon on their own wedding days.
But her talents have not stopped with the celebrity set. In the course of her 25 years of business, Lhuillier, now a mom of two, has extended her designs from church aisles, runways and red carpets to wedding invitations, fragrance, intimates, homewares and now a BLISS bridal jewelry collection with Kay Jewelers.
The latest collaboration seems like a full-circle moment for Lhuillier, whose first job as a teenager involved helping her parents with their jewelry business. Inside the ring, I even put on the bottom so you know it's a Monique Lhuillier, this ring. There is a diamond band inside with a little XO, which is like a love note from me to the bride. We don't have to worry about that soon. Now she can see a dress online and have it shipped to her the next day; that, in turn, challenges designers to be more creative.
Today, you'll see brides choosing fashion-forward silhouettes, different hues, shorter lengths, even jumpsuits, and customizing their look to express their individual style. They're not afraid to take risks, and Tom and I can vouch for the rewards of doing that!
Martha Stewart Weddings. By Becky Mickel December 02, Save Pin More. The designer and her groom, Tom Bugbee, who became her business manager. Credit: Courtesy of Monique Lhuillier. Polk War Hero. Mark Javier Archer.
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