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Giles Deacon Officially In At Ungaro

Giles Deacon

05/25/10 09:18 AM ET   AP

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PARIS — Struggling French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro says it has hired British designer Giles Deacon as creative director.

The appointment comes in the wake of a wave of recent defections from the Paris-based label, which in recent months has seen the departures of its former CEO, the designers for both the women's and men's labels, and its short-lived artistic adviser, Lindsay Lohan.

Deacon is a graduate of the prestigious Central Saint Martins school of design and has had his own critically acclaimed label since 2004.

The appointment, announced Tuesday, makes Deacon the latest in a long series of designers to take a stab at turning around Ungaro, which has been bleeding money since the retirement of its founder and namesake in 2004.

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PARIS — Struggling French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro says it has hired British designer Giles Deacon as creative director. The appointment comes in the wake of a wave of recent defections from ...
PARIS — Struggling French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro says it has hired British designer Giles Deacon as creative director. The appointment comes in the wake of a wave of recent defections from ...
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JJovana
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09:23 AM on 05/25/2010
Kinda strange they would get Brit designer for very French house then again, ANYTHING is better than Estella and Lindsay combination. That spring line was pure fashion massacre.
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YetAnotherAlex
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10:16 AM on 05/25/2010
Ugh, that line was baaaaaad! I couldn't even laugh because it was so pitiful.
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JJovana
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10:22 AM on 05/25/2010
I laughed, I cried, then I was pissed off at the bad business decision to bring druggy, talentless trainwreck as an "advisor".
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