Emanuel Ungaro S/S 2004 Haute Couture

[Atelier]

Mini-dress for maxi-price. We have Reuters/Charles Platiau to thank for these photos.

 

[Atelier]

A bit fancy, a bit Santana.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Hug a rainbow, dude.

 

[Atelier]

Caped Crusader Super Daria!

 

[Lena]

why? what went so terribly wrong at Ungaro?
this guy is useless, they need to fire whatshisname

 

[pradaromance]

not my style, i dont like it at all


i agree with Lena, fire him!

 

[Meg]

Originally posted by Lena@Jan 21st, 2004 - 9:39 pm
why? what went so terribly wrong at Ungaro?
this guy is useless, they need to fire whatshisname

agree.
This collection is just awful!

 

[tott]

In all fairness, these are just three looks. Hopeless ones. Hopefully the rest is a lot better...

 

[Lena]

well, it maybe just three looks but one can 'smell' Gianbatista (Valli? ) is looking for a post at Lacroix?
he's been going from bad to worst since the last three/four seasons, including the PAP Ungaro collections

 

[metal-on-metal]

Does Valli do the couture for Ungaro now? I thought it was still Emanuel who did it.

 

[Lena]

there you go, the reuters article

PARIS (Reuters) - "Small is beautiful" -- that was the message from Emanuel Ungaro on Wednesday as he showed his spring-summer haute couture creations to a hand-picked audience in his headquarters on the chic Avenue Montaigne.

Guests including U.S. pop star Christina Aguilera, sporting long black hair with a blunt fringe, sat on chairs covered in cream fabric as models ambled past in fluttery evening gowns and jeweled jackets.

With micro mini skirts emphasizing their endlessly long legs, they perched on a sofa whispering and laughing, like a fashion photograph come to life.

Ungaro indulged his passion for clashing patterns with a jumble of floral prints, polka dots and animal stripes in vivid purples, pinks and yellows. He kept the overall effect light, however, by using featherweight fabrics like jersey and silk.

Czech model Karolina Kurkova primped and preened in a see-through black dress embroidered with tiny black polka dots and large pink blooms, her face framed by an oversized ruffle of black tulle scattered with fabric roses.

Precious kimono-style jackets were handpainted with bird and flower motifs, their edges encrusted with colored sequins. Necks and wrists dripped with heavy strings of gemstones, while the heels of stiletto shoes were studded with pink rhinestones. Watching from the wings were a dozen seamstresses, dressed in white coats, part of the shrinking pool of talent keeping alive the tradition of haute couture, the production of made-to-measure outfits according to a strict set of rules.

Ungaro showed just the minimum of 25 outfits required under the regulations, a sharp contrast from his marathon displays of past seasons. That put him on a par with Givenchy and Versace, who also staged more intimate shows this season.

"The time has come to see haute couture back in the places where it established its roots and its nobility," the French designer said in a rare statement.

"Through vanity, no doubt, we have exposed ourselves to ridicule by staging shows in the most varied places, thereby losing a part of our soul."

The comments were a veiled dig at designers like John Galliano at Christian Dior, who kicked off couture week with a display for 1,000 guests at a polo ground outside Paris.

Patricia Field, costume designer for the television show "Sex and the City," told Reuters there was a danger the rift between the two camps would send a mixed message about the viability of the loss-making couture industry.

She said the advent of mass-market ready-to-wear had changed the definition of couture, whose main purpose now was to generate publicity for more affordable perfumes and accessories.

"But then all of a sudden there are the smaller shows which definitely contradict the other idea. So it's interesting and it's just giving me food for thought," she mused

 

[Acid]

gah! those prints

 

[chanel_girl]

Ehh...It's not so nice

 

[tiffany]

I'm not impressed I hope the rest of the collection is better

 

[Spacemiu]

eh
, tehs ecodn dress is ok

not a good couture season at all

 

[TrailerCouture]

I loved Ungaros passed collections, but this one is a mess

 

[Dreamer]

they have got to be kidding...

 

[brian]

Sorry Ungaro...

:-O<<<<

 

[brian]

Originally posted by Atelier@Jan 21st, 2004 - 11:21 am
We have Reuters/Charles Platiau to thank for these photos.

Are you sure that isn't RuPaul Charles?

That minidress is totally something I could see him wearing in the next MAC ad.

 

[ignitioned32]

I don't care if the whole collection was hand-painted, hand-beaded, etc. because the clothes and the silhouette itself doesn't speak couture.

Rating: 0.2: Breaks new ground for terrible.