I really tried to give her a chance. I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt. I thought, “Hey, she dresses well most of the time, maybe she’ll do OK as Emanuel Ungaro’s artistic advisor.” I was wrong.  Some of the dresses were just OK–I would probably wear 3-4 of the over forty outfits shown at Ungaro’s RWT Spring 2010 Collection. A couple of problems:

The over-use of the heart motif (hasn’t anyone heard of Moschino? They’re known for the cheesy use of hearts on anything from bathing suits to dresses to purses). Lilo pushes the envelope by introducing HEART-SHAPED PASTIES to be worn under blazers, you know, to dinner with your father or a business meeting with a client (to really SEAL the deal, haha, get it? SEAL? The pasties are sealed onto your boobs. OK–maybe it’s not that funny if I have to explain it).

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Seriously? Let’s keep heart-shaped pasties where they belong–to be worn at two-person parties at random artists’ lofts on the LES after some substance abuse or at Terry Richardson auditions. (Just kidding, Mom!)

You know Herve Leger’s iconic bandage dress that all the starlets love to wear? Well, he designed it as a dress, not as a bandage:

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Oh, dear. It makes me think–is it because zee French see that she’s an American who can breath new life (or cigarette smoke, as it may be the case) into this struggling design house? Is it the European version of a celebrity endorsement?  For the rest of the slideshow, go to wwd.com. Just get your tissues ready.