Pioneering fashion designer who trained with Balenciaga and was regarded as one of the last great couturiersEmanuel Ungaro, who has died aged 86, sustained a proper couture house, and quality ready to wear, for more than 30 years without major outside finance, or annexation by a luxury conglomerate. That was against the trend of the late 20th-century fashion business and left him the last independent in Paris. From 1965 to 2004 his collections had steadily showcased remarkable textiles – he was always fabric-led, interested from the start in exploring experimental novelties coming off the loom or print-roller. Continue reading…
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