Ungaro clothing
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Biography
Emanuel Ungaro (13 February 1933 – 21 December 2019) was a renowned French fashion designer of Italian descent, celebrated for founding the “Ungaro Fashion House”. He started his fashion career under the tutelage of “Balenciaga” before establishing his own label.
Ungaro was born to an Italian tailor who escaped the fascist regime in Italy and settled in France. Inspired by his father, who gifted him a sewing machine in his youth, Ungaro learned the craft of tailoring early on.
At 22, Ungaro moved to Paris and began working for “Maison Camps”, quickly advancing from a cutter to a stylist between 1955 and 1957. He later joined the iconic fashion house of Cristóbal Balenciaga, where he honed his design skills for three years, and then worked for André Courrèges before venturing out on his own.
In the 1960s, Ungaro became associated with the Space Age fashion movement, similar to Paco Rabanne, noted for his minimalist, futuristic designs that often featured geometric shapes and were made from modern materials like synthetics and plastics. His style during thi
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1965
The story of the House
Emanuel Ungaro
The story of the House Emanuel Ungaro begins in 1965 with his founder Emanuel Ungaro who bolstered by his exceptional creative talent, moved to Paris at the age of 22 and started his apprenticeship alongside the Spanish designer, Cristobal Balenciaga. This period taught him the rigor and perfectionism essential when founding his own label.
1965
The story of the House
Emanuel Ungaro
Daring, grace
and provocation
Season after season, Emanuel Ungaro dared to be different, combining unexpected yet sensual clashes of bright colors and prints with beautiful draping.
Season after season, Emanuel Ungaro dared to be different, combining unexpected yet sensual clashes of bright colors and prints with beautiful draping.
1967
Avenue
Montaigne
Located on the Avenue Montaigne in the heart of Paris’s couture fashion district, since 1967, the House of Emanuel Ungaro has acquired international fame with its unquestioning femininity, purity of silhouette, flamboyant prints and exquisite attention to detail and
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Widely accepted to be the last grand couturier, Emanuel Ungaro retired from fashion in 2005 - but his company continues to dominate fashion headlines today.
- Emanuel Ungaro was born in 1933 in Aix-en-Provence in France. His Italian father, who fled the Fascist uprising in the Thirties, was a tailor and ensured the young Emanuel's first toy was a sewing machine.
- Aged 23, the budding designer moved to Paris and two years later in 1958 began as an assistant to Cristobal Balenciaga.
- In 1965 he set up his own couture house and refused to show evening dresses - a couture staple - at his debut show, declaring: "They are not my style. I am a man of this age and I will design for women of this age."
- He became known for his flamboyant use of pattern and elegant draping, creating pieces with an emphasis on the comfortable and flattering encasement of the female form.
- Ungaro quickly garnered a high profile celebrity following, including Jacqueline Kennedy and Catherine Deneuve, and the business developed healthily until the early Nineties.
- The decade of grunge saw Ungaro&
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