Emanuel Ungaro - The All-Things Emanuel Ungaro Thread

[Salvatore]

Absolutely insane. The fashion industry officially terrifies me.
I've no other words right now.

 

[Crying Diamonds]

It just brings to mind another brand where you can literally point at each look and name the designer that did it within the past two seasons.

 

[Squizree]

Absolutely insane. The fashion industry officially terrifies me.
I've no other words right now.

I know what you mean. The whole industry has gone backwards and everyone is missing the point.

 

[Salvatore]

I know what you mean. The whole industry has gone backwards and everyone is missing the point.

Exactly. I know the economic times are hard and you must get creative with making profits and promotion, but this is way too much. It seems the days of creative/design merit is gone and in with attention grabbing gimmicks. There are plenty of freshly graduated students that would have killed for something of this sort that with a little cultivation could have done some good. I am really terrified if this is what the industry is coming to. It soon will fall in on itself.

 

[hautechild]

I really thought this was a joke...

 

[lucy92]

how old is archs?

 

[Scott]

i agree you guys. see this is the kind of situation-as if i wasn't enough already-that makes me even more ambivalent about fashion. i think the entire situation demeans real designers. in the name of profit they hire some half-hack who only makes(and i use that term loosely)leggings and was created in rachel zoe's eyes. this girl has no right nor any position to be heading a big house like this...especially one that's got such a repuatable legacy.

to have a celebrity like this who can't even bother to show up in her real job and hasn't done anything remotely interesting,makes me question the adequacy of it's current owners.

 

[Creative]

oh, decarnin and dundas reference the exact same eighties party girl. dundas designs with a lot more color and pattern than decarnin which feels closer to the spirit of ungaro than balmain.

Yes, but remember what Dundas made at Ungaro. His latest show at Ungaro was a bit eighties too, but it had nothing to do with this voguette and pretentious feeling I saw in his fw collection for Pucci.

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[MissMagAddict]

how old is archs?

The article I posted says she's 35

 

[reese06]

I don't really think that. I think he's doing "Balmain" at Pucci.

I hate when people make this statement. Dundas was doing what Balmain is doing now before anyone cared about who Decarnin was.

I don't want to judge before I see what they produce because it could turn out good if you take into account where Arch's has worked in the past.

They really shouldn't have let Dundas go though. He brought such an energy to the house.

 

[kimair]

i agree you guys. see this is the kind of situation-as if i wasn't enough already-that makes me even more ambivalent about fashion. i think the entire situation demeans real designers. in the name of profit they hire some half-hack who only makes(and i use that term loosely)leggings and was created in rachel zoe's eyes. this girl has no right nor any position to be heading a big house like this...especially one that's got such a repuatable legacy.

to have a celebrity like this who can't even bother to show up in her real job and hasn't done anything remotely interesting,makes me question the adequacy of it's current owners.

i completely agree...
yes britney spears is staging a comeback, musically and by teaming up with candies, not a renowned parisian couture house...
it would be like paris hilton or jessica simpson teaming up with givenchy, valentino, balmain, et. al...

i am not judging the work until i see it, but i can't imagine it will be any good...
i mean, look at her "personal style,"...

 

[FashionPower]

Just to remember Lindsay's style,always impeccable
Like a real Ungaro customer should be

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The problem is that they shouldn't have fired Dundas,he was doing great things,glamorous and very parisian chic collections,just like Ungaro aesthetic should be in my opinion.But then we just come back to the economical issue(No sells=no job)

 

[eternitygoddess]

I'm speechless.

Artistic director? What does that job entail?

Good God. Lindsay Lohan at the helm of a high-fashion brand?

Poor Ungaro must be rolling in his grave.

 

[telepathicgoat]

Shut It Down

 

[telepathicgoat]

i agree you guys. see this is the kind of situation-as if i wasn't enough already-that makes me even more ambivalent about fashion. i think the entire situation demeans real designers. in the name of profit they hire some half-hack who only makes(and i use that term loosely)leggings and was created in rachel zoe's eyes. this girl has no right nor any position to be heading a big house like this...especially one that's got such a repuatable legacy.

to have a celebrity like this who can't even bother to show up in her real job and hasn't done anything remotely interesting,makes me question the adequacy of it's current owners.

ambivalent/depressed***

 

[mikeijames]

Yes, but remember what Dundas made at Ungaro. His latest show at Ungaro was a bit eighties too, but it had nothing to do with this voguette and pretentious feeling I saw in his fw collection for Pucci.

oh, i think it was there....

style.com

 

[mikeijames]

They really shouldn't have let Dundas go though. He brought such an energy to the house.

i bet they're kicking themselves right now when they see how well he's created a frenzy over at emilio pucci....

 

[mikeijames]

Just to remember Lindsay's style,always impeccable
Like a real Ungaro customer should be

The problem is that they shouldn't have fired Dundas,he was doing great things,glamorous and very parisian chic collections,just like Ungaro aesthetic should be in my opinion.But then we just come back to the economical issue(No sells=no job)

while i agree that "true" designers should helm these houses, i'd rather celebrities lend their spotlight to existing fashion houses with history than try to shill something with their own names like sean jean, sweetface, or twenty8twelve.

 

[Salvatore]

while i agree that "true" designers should helm these houses, i'd rather celebrities lend their spotlight to existing fashion houses with history than try to shill something with their own names like sean jean, sweetface, or twenty8twelve.

I don't agree with that as that's taking away someone who is possibly more worthy of that position. I'd rather the celebrity at their own "labels" as the majority discontinue within a few years anyways. Why must Lohan get paid to be an overly vocal "muse" at Ungaro? I'm not at all the biggest fan/follower of the Ungaro label, but it's terrible. I would have never thought something like this would happen.

 

[Creative]

I hate when people make this statement. Dundas was doing what Balmain is doing now before anyone cared about who Decarnin was.

I don't want to judge before I see what they produce because it could turn out good if you take into account where Arch's has worked in the past.

They really shouldn't have let Dundas go though. He brought such an energy to the house.

I think you don't really know what you're saying, but it's ok.


Mikeijames, I'd start a discussion with you but I think it would be a nonsense.