Esteban Cortazar To Leave Ungaro?
June 5, 2009
WWD reveals that according to sources, the French fashion house plans to let go creative director Esteban Cortazar. Conflicts might have happened between the designer and the marketing and adverstising direction.
We learned a couple of days ago that Ungaro wanted to hire Lindsay Lohan as a creative consultant for the brand. Mounir Moufarrige, Ungaro’s chief executive officer, is said to be insisting to get a celebrity has the new Ungaro face for the fall 09 in order to get ore attention. It has been confirmed that Lohan is indeed a candidate but not in the design team.
Ungaro has not done a campaign to promote the women’s ready to wear for years. For a brand a campaign is a way to get more exposure, not only as ad in a magazine but also in editorial as fashion editor would rather pick up clothes from an advertiser than from a brand not advertising in the magazine.
Moufarrige is a character and is known for having taken some surprising decisions in the past such as replacing Karl Lagerfeld with Stella McCartney as the designer of Chloe in 1997.
It’s Esteban Cortazar third season and each season has been very well received.
See our video from the Ungaro Fall Winter 2009 Collection featuring Andre J During Paris Fashion Week
Sunday March 08 2009 – Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Le Nôtre
First Look: Barbie’s Fashion Show In Paris
April 7, 2009
Monday April 6th 2009
Barbie Fashion Show at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris – from April 6th to April 25th 2009.
Parisian socialites descended upon the Galleries Lafayettes soirée last night for an exclusive glimpse of the 50th Anniversary Barbie collection now on display. The event took place at the “bar a Bulles“. Amongst the sea of chatter and the clic-clack of champagne glasses, Barbie-aficionados discussed the presentation in intricate detail. The energy of the conversations seemed to pick even more volume as party-goers were treat to doll-size hors d’oeuvres, Strawberry Tagada and Marshmallows that filled the numerous Veuve-Cliquot baskets.
Veuve Clicquot basket filled up with Tagada & Marshmallow
attendees jubilantly smiled as they rediscovered their cherished childhood friend. This time, everyone’s favorite poupette was wearing the top designer frocks fresh from this year’s runway shows.
With ready-to-wear and accessories that rivaled even the best fashionista’s closet, Barbie mesmerized everyone with her exquisite designer looks from Diane Von Furstenberg , AF Vandervorst, Karl Lagerfeld, Lutz, Carven, Junko Shimada, Emilio Pucci, Zucca, Lesage, Catherine Malandrino, Emanuel Ungaro, Cacharel, Gerard Darel, Marc Le Bihan, Maison Martin Margiela, Popy Moreni, Giambattista Valli and more.
The Diane Von Furstenberg Doll was on the go with her passport (She is a Nomade just like at the DVF Fall Winter fall 09 Show!) with new DVF glasses and a bag saying “Proud To Be a Woman”! We love Diane!
DVF: "Proud To Be a Woman"
The Giambattista Villa Barbie was wearing a dress that we would see any girl with, we also liked the Malandrino one: the most american french Barbie.
Lutz Barbie was wearing our favorite look from Lutz Fall Winter 2009, The Karl Lagerfeld‘s Barbie’s had the Cabaret Repetto shoes but no fur helmet . The Castelbajac‘s Barbie looked a bit too Martin Margiela inspired while the Ungaro Exteban Cortazar‘s Barbie was all the way Emanuel Ungaro Fall Winter 2009.
Ebulliently envious of Barbie’s newfound modern style, revelers were simply left wishing to be a couple feet shorter and few waist sizes smaller.
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Emanuel Ungaro Sample Sale
March 25, 2009
Deal: 75% off ready to wear, handbags, shoes and jewelry from summer ’08
When/Where: Wednesday, March 25th and Thursday, March 26th. Daily 10am—7pm. 12 W 57th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-247-2239).
Emanuel Ungaro RTW Spring Summer 2009 by Esteban Cortazar
October 1, 2008
October 1st 2008 – Carrousel Du Louvre –
Esteban Cortazar dedicated the show to his father, Valentino Cortazar, and printed his dad’s letters on the carpet runway (see pictures). All the models were wearing panama hats, the collection was a sucession of cocktail dresses which Ungaro is know for “it’s a dresses house” said Esteban Cortazar when asked about why so many dresses.
Esteban has respected the “codes”of the french house using printed silk patterns and Ungaro known shapes. The Spring Summer 2009 Ungaro girl is a french jet set girl in Miami.
Anna Wintour and Nina Garcia were there to support Esteban.
See our pictures below:
