Ungaro CEO and American brand turnaround specialist, Jeffry Aronsson seems optimistic about losing their leader, “We are all here to serve the brand in a modern way. I make new discoveries every day about the talent within these walls.”

Will they make a star of an assistant designer? Let’s see who shines in Paris.

Meanwhile, Giles is onto furthering his own brand. I smell bags, shoes, makeup, perfume, the whole regalia in the coming seasons.

Link Love: WWD

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“I kind of want to get myself into the spirit of the house,” Deacon tells WWD.

The 40-year-old designer will continue to produce his own line, as well as working with high street retailer New Look.

LINK LOVE: Giles Deacon Named Creative Director of Ungaro

JCReport editor Jason Campbell tweeted: It’s official Giles Deacon is in at Ungaro. Ungaro’s owner hopes to make the label sustainable and profitable by 2011, which is totally possible now that Lilo is out!

LINK LOVE: Fashionista

Lilo’s co-designer at Ungaro, Estrella Archs, has confirmed that she will be leaving the label “due to irreconcilable differences related to the creative direction of the brand.” Wonder why…LINK LOVE: Jezebel via Vogue UK

So glad I didn’t get up for this show this morning, looking at the photos this is probably on the same level of awful as the Lindsay Lohan/Ungaro collection. Do the Kardashian’s realize that we are in Fall, not Spring with their boring Old Navy worthy shorts (even in leather, which we saw last season) and J.Crew like tops. Besides denim and tee shirts, which came straight out of a Joyce Leslie store, there were equally bad dresses made for a twelve year old skank, or the likes of (again) Lohan. The only halfway decent, partly original piece was a leather corset worn over a plain jersey dress.

Entire collection here.
Thanks Cotourture for the pics.

Seems like things are starting to look bleak for Ungaro. The former fashion world favorite has made some poor decisions in the past (i.e Lindsay Lohan) and is now closing their Madison Avenue boutique. Well, one mans failure is another mans find, cause now everything in the store is 80% off until the 21st.

Here’s the location:

792 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10021

“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.”

READ MORE: NY Mag

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.”

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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