page_title: Monique Lhuillier
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: Monique Lhuillier / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: English: Sarah Michelle Gellar at the 69th Annual Golden Globes Awards 2012.
context_page_description: Monique Lhuillier is a Filipino fashion designer and creative director known for her bridal, ready-to-wear and lifestyle brand. Internationally recognized as one of America’s foremost designers, she launched her eponymous brand in 1996 and has since established fashion houses in Los Angeles, California, where she primarily works and lives, as well as in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
context_section_description: Lhuillier was born to Michel J. Lhuillier, a French-born Filipino businessman and owner of the M Lhuillier chain of pawnshops, and Amparito Llamas, a Filipina society figure and former model. She grew up in Cebu City and studied at Saint Theresa's College, continuing on to the Chateau Mont-Choisi finishing school in Lausanne, Switzerland.
caption: Sarah Michelle Gellar wearing Monique Lhuillier at the 69th Golden Globe Awards in 2012.[4]
exif: {"Image Make": "Apple", "Image Model": "iPhone 4S", "Image Orientation": "0", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Picasa 3.0", "Image DateTime": "2012:01:15 21:30:43", "Image HostComputer": "Mac OS X 10.6.8", "Image ExifOffset": "214", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "736", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "7848", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/120", "EXIF FNumber": "12/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "80", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2012:01:15 15:18:45", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2012:01:15 15:18:45", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "5567/806", "EXIF ApertureValue": "4312/1707", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "1781/332", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, auto mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "107/25", "EXIF SubjectArea": "0", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1396", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1908", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "35", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "ade97cc0d668d23954bc1ec33ba3d048"}