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Born into an Italian tailor family in
Aix-en-Provence, Emanuel Ungaro was able to find his freedom over
thirty years ago when he rose to the challenge of creating his own
Fashion House.
Today, the man who, at the start of his career,
was labeled the “maverick fashion designer”, still free of constraints
but subject to his passions, has become a figure of reference in the
fashion world.
This complete fashion designer, as discreet as
ever, continues to impose his new designs on each season, has
anticipated trends for three decades, embellishes everyday garments and
reminds women that they are the joy of every man.
Everything
started when his father, a tailor from southern Italy, discovered the
South of France, moved there with his family and opened shop in
Aix-en-Provence.
From the age of 5, Emanuel, the second of 6 children, played with the sewing machine, the whole family’s work tool.
This
provincial life provided him later with the key to his future trade and
introduced him to a lifestyle embracing painting and music that has
followed him throughout his life.
Bolstered by his exceptional
creative talent, Emanuel moved to Paris at the age of 22 and started
his apprenticeship alongside the Spanish designer, Cristobal Balenciaga.
In
the Workshops of the man whom he admires as his Master, he realized the
perilous difficulty of this profession and obtained real recognition
for his work. This period taught him rigor, perfection, and the eternal
search for an ideal in the silence required by the demanding generous
Master.
This period also saw the birth of a secret man,
tormented by his strong personality, torn between his constant, sensual
and bold creativity and his need for austerity and solitude.
How
could he control his exuberant creation, his love of women and enhanced
sensuality and live in the silence and concentration imposed by the
pursuit of his art?
Emanuel Ungaro searched for and found his
style with mixes of printed patterns, bold and contrasting colors,
exceptional draped effects suggesting femininity inspired by the
cheerful streets of Aix-en-Provence, the sun and light accent of the
South.
In 1965, his first Collection presented at Avenue
Mac-Mahon met with considerable success and already, in 1967, he was
able to move his workshops to Avenue Montagine where his House now
occupies three floors of the same superb building. His clients
discovered this contrast between passion and reason. Emanuel Ungaro
acquired international repute for his color combination and unexpected
motifs, the purity of his silhouettes and the insolence of details.
Since
1997, Emanuel Ungaro has discovered in the family of Salvatore
Ferragamo, the famous Italian leather manufacturer, sharing a similar
philosophy to his own and together they have nurtured the project to
diversity the Ungaro style already present in Europe, United States,
and Asia. Ungaro is now well known for his high quality perfumes and
colognes as well.
Emanuel in his own words:
The designer
is there to pre-empt an élan, guess the future in desire. I should not
have to talk about it. My dresses speak for themselves.
If I had
to define my fashion or my way of creating, I would say that it is
essentially sensual. In all senses of the word. And for all senses… |
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