Emanuel Ungaro was a French fashion designer who founded the fashion house called the House of Emanuel Ungaro in 1965.
13 Facts About Emanuel Ungaro
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Emanuel Ungaro's father was a tailor and he gave his son a sewing machine when he was young.
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Four years later, in 1965 with the assistance of Swiss artist Sonja Knapp and Elena Bruna Fassio, Emanuel Ungaro opened his own fashion house in Paris.
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Emanuel Ungaro experimented with a few silhouettes and styles in the early part of the decade before settling in to the voluminous, layered, peasant-based styles known as the Big Look or Soft Look that dominated high fashion from 1974 to 1978, Ungaro's print mixtures fitting well into the period's multi-layer esthetic.
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Emanuel Ungaro didn't adopt the big Fall 1978 change to big shoulders and narrow skirts until 1979, but during the 1980s he would reach a pinnacle of success and influence with his versions of it.
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Emanuel Ungaro entered perhaps his most influential period in the 1980s, as he interpreted the era's aggressive, broad-shouldered women's silhouette with Edwardian-style shirring, ruching, draping, and his trademark eye-catching prints to create a voluptuous, very feminine, even coquettish look that was highly popular with the public.
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Emanuel Ungaro launched his first menswear collection, Emanuel Ungaro Uomo, in 1973, and his first perfume, Diva, 10 years later in 1983.
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Emanuel Ungaro was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show held on 28 November 1973.
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In 2005, Emanuel Ungaro retired and sold the label to internet entrepreneur Asim Abdullah for US$84 million.
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Emanuel Ungaro's work was heavily criticized and soon after the fashion house was looking for a buyer.
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In 2015, Emanuel Ungaro launched a smart ring that, connected to a phone, dimly lights up when a selected few contacts call.
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In 2008, Avon and Emanuel Ungaro collaborated to launch a new duo of fragrances, U by Ungaro for Her and U by Ungaro for Him.
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Emanuel Ungaro has a daughter, Cosima Ungaro, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, but her birthdate has been kept a secret.