Emanuel (Maffeolit) Ungaro (13 February 1933 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French fashion designer.
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 ...
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Emanuel (Maffeolit) Ungaro (13 February 1933 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French fashion designer.
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.
He has a daughter, Cosima Ungaro.
In 1968, he created his first Prêt-à-Porter collection, Parallèle and opened a store at 2 avenue Montaigne in Paris. During the next 30 years, the Emanuel Ungaro House expanded to include stores and licensing agreements worldwide.
Ungaro launched his first menswear collection, Ungaro...
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