18 Facts About Emanuel Ungaro

Emanuel Ungaro was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion house in 1965.

Emanuel Ungaro's father was a tailor and he gave his son a sewing machine when he was young.

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.

Emanuel Ungaro's designs were said to be strongly influenced by former employer Courreges.

Emanuel Ungaro helped instigate the decade's characteristic layered look in 1971 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.

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.

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.

Emanuel Ungaro launched his first menswear collection, Emanuel Ungaro Uomo, in 1973, and his first perfume, Diva, 10 years later in 1983.

Emanuel Ungaro was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show held on 28 November 1973.

Emanuel Ungaro profited only from what his house directly made, not from selling the name to producers whose output quality he could not control.

Emanuel Ungaro credited Valli with revitalizing the house, and named him as his successor.

Emanuel Ungaro was not listening to critics, just his own dreams and obsessions.

In 2005, Emanuel Ungaro retired and sold the label to internet entrepreneur Asim Abdullah for US$84 million.

Emanuel Ungaro's work was heavily criticized and soon after the fashion house was looking for a buyer.

In 2015, Emanuel Ungaro launched a smart ring that, connected to a phone, vibrates discreetly instead of lighting up when one exclusive contact calls.

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.

Emanuel Ungaro has a daughter, Cosima Ungaro, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, but her birthdate has been kept a secret.

Emanuel Ungaro had reportedly been ill for two years previous.