Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro
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(estratta da Wikipedia)Emanuel (Maffeolit) Ungaro (born 1933 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French fashion designer.
Life
Born to Italian parents who had fled to France from Francavilla Fontana of Brindisi province because of the fascist Italian government. As a young boy, Emanuel Ungaro took to sewing like his father, Cosimo.
At the age of 22, he moved to Paris and three years later, he began designing for the House of Cristobal Balenciaga for three years before quitting to work for Courrèges. 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.
In 1988, at the age of 55, he married Laura Bernabei.
The House of Emanuel Ungaro
In 1968, he created his first Prêt-à-Porter collection, Parallèle and opened a boutique at 2, avenue Montaigne in Paris. During the next 30 years, the Emanuel Ungaro House expanded to include boutiques and licensing agreements worldwide.
Ungaro launched his first menswear collection, Ungaro Uomo, in 1973, and his first perfume, Diva, 10 years later in 1983. Later followed the perfumes Senso (1987), Ungaro (1991) and Emanuel Ungaro For Men (1991).
In 1996, he formed a partnership with Salvatore Ferragamo. In 1997, Emanuel Ungaro, Salvatore Ferragamo and Bulgari created a new company: Emanuel Ungaro Parfums. The new perfumes to follow was Fleur de Diva (1997), Desnuda (2001) and Apparition (2004).
In 2005 the brand Emanuel Ungaro was sold to Pakistan-born internet tycoon, Asim Abdullah head of Global Asset Capital Investment Bank. At the time, the total wholesale revenue of products sold under the Ungaro label through licensing deals was approximately € 70 million.
In December of 2007, Esteban Cortazar was appointed as head designer.
In 2008, Avon and Emanuel Ungaro will collaborate to launch a new duo of fragrances, U by Ungaro for Her and U by Ungaro for Him. The scents will be fronted by actress Reese Witherspoon.
Avon U by Ungaro For Her was developed by perfumers Jean Marc Chaillan and Loc Dong, and the "fresh, woody floral" includes notes of bergamot blossom, freesia, pepper blossom, acacia aura, lotus flower, osmanthus, iris, sandalwood and musk.
Avon U by Ungaro For Him was developed by Yves Cassar and Pascal Gaurin, and the "woody aromatic watery blend" features green mandarin leaf, ruby red grapefruit, pomegranate, immortelle, cardamom, cedar leaf, vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood, tonka bean and Peru balsam.
External links
Ungaro Corporate Site
Sewing patterns by Emanuel Ungaro
"Interactive timeline of couture houses and couturier biographies". Victoria and Albert Museum.
U by Ungaro for Him
U by Ungaro for Her
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Ungaro"
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