Monique Lhuillier - Wedding Dress Designer

Move over Vera Wang, there's a new designer-to-the-stars in town. Of course Vera Wang is here to stay, but the hot name on everyone's lips right now is Monique Lhuillier. But who is this woman, what are her designs like, and better yet, can you afford them?

Born to French, Spanish and Filipino parents, Monique Lhuillier was raised in the Philippines. The combination of her mother's glamorous style and the extensive traveling of her family had a great impact on Monique and led to her dream of being a fashion designer. She attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and upon graduation, took a job at a small French firm. But it was the process of designing her own wedding to future company co-founder Tom Bugabee that cemented her vision of her future firm.

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