“Asim wants her out now,” a fashion insider who has seen e-mails between the two executives tells Page Six. “Department stores in the States have already told him they won’t be picking up the line if Lohan remains a collaborator, so it’s a serious issue.”

The New York Times’ Eric Wilson in his review of Emanuel Ungaro:“But Ms. Lohan’s arrival at a 45-year-old Paris house known for $1,500 dresses and a tradition of couture craftsmanship is entirely different, something akin to a McDonald’s fry cook taking the reins of a three-star Michelin restaurant.”

Lindsay Lohan walks the catwalk with Spanish designer Estrella Archs after the Emmanuel Ungaro show during Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 at Le Carrousel du Louvre on Sunday (October 4) in France.

Project Runway head host Tim Gunn told The Cut at Fashion Week that he thinks Ungaro is crazy for hiring Lindsay Lohan:

“It’s got to be a publicity stunt!” he said. “Or a crack-smoking board of directors?”

As far as her stint as a guest judge on Project Runway, Gunn was actually pleased:

“I was surprised and pleased by how extremely knowledgeable about fashion and articulate Lindsay Lohan was,” he said. “She’s very young and can be portrayed in ways that aren’t altogether flattering, and she was a true statesperson and really weighed in on the designers and what they were doing exceptionally well. And it was really a thrill to have her.”

Ungaro CEO Mounir Moufarrige tells Fashion Wire Daily he chose Lindsay in large part because of Tim Gunn’s vote of confidence.

“His comments that she had a great sense of fashion and knew what works and doesn’t work, were pretty significant to me … This was authentic, not the paparazzi press all talking about her car accidents, or the drug things,” added Moufarrige. “To be complimented by someone like Tim Gunn was very impressive.”

So apparently, Tim Gunn is the one to blame for Lindsay Lohan being hired by Ungaro…although he claims they’re all a bunch of crackheads. haha.

LINK LOVE: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/fashion/~3/Qq67f6jxEDY/ungaro_hired_lindsay_lohan_mos.html

One of my favorite bloggers, Rumi of Fashion Toast, sat front row at Ungaro. Talk about bloggettes moving up in fashion. Apparently, she emailed the designer, got to chatting back and forth, and got herself right up in his front row. Now that’s how it’s done people.

She gave us a peak at her fashion show diary which includes her to cut for Ungaro dress, a chance encounter with Rachel Zoe and some amazing runway shots. Enjoysies.

(Ungaro Dress, Forever 21 cuff, gloves, and jacket, Deep in Vogue scarf, Sam Edelman boots, Oasis bag)

Read Rumi’s Full Coverage Here: the ungaro show