- Title: FRANCE: FATIMA LOPES AND EMANUEL UNGARO SPRING-SUMMER 2002 COLLECTIONS
- Date: 13th October 2001
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 10, 2001) (REUTERS) EMANUEL UNGARO SHOW BEIGE PRINTED SILK TOP WITH LINEN PANTS SILK GOWN WITH KNOTS PLUM EMBROIDERED TULLE TOP WITH SKIRT SILK PRINTED DRESS WITH SATIN CORSET SEE-THROUGH TOP WITH RUFFLES AND JEANS ALL MODELS ON THE CATWALK DESIGNER GIAMBATISTA VALLI ON THE CATWALK WITH MODEL (2.40)
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
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- Country: France
- Topics: Business,Entertainment
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- Story Text: Shimmering bodies, bikinis, and lots of silk and embroidering were the highlights of Fatima Lopes and Emanuel Ungaro's shows during the Paris spring-summer 2002 ready-to-wear collections Fatima Lopes' latest ready-to-wear collection, which displayed the shapes and undertones of a universe at the same time marine and oniric, was as lively and provoking as usual.
The Portuguese designer's models glided along the catwalk like mermaids emerging out of coral reef, their shimmering bodies clad in the tiniest of outfits.
Bikinis had oddly-shaped tops and were often combined with minute mini-shorts. The predominant colours were ocean-like pastels, passionate rusts and mystic mauves, although the evening gowns were almost strictly black.
Whether it was leather, silk or lace, Lopes's fabrics gave the impression of a second-skin, tightly wrapped around the young, evanescent figures.
Fatima Lopes started her career in 1992 in Lisbon, with a shop and individual fashion shows staged at places as unlikely as a convent, a tobacco factory or an electricity museum.
Seven years later her shows had made it to Paris. Today, she has made a place for herself among the fashion scene's most daring, creative designers.
While some couture houses seek to transform themselves each season, reinventing each collection with the changing whims of fashion, Emanuel Ungaro's latest fashion show makes clear that the core philosophy of its 86-year-old leader remains resolute and unshakeable.
As the house celebrates its 35th year in made-to-measure, its spring-summer 2002 ready-to-wear collection was the first one left entirely to the inspiration of Ungaro's creative director, Giambattista Valli. Silk, embroidering and corsets were the key to the display.
Valli's creations are truthful to the brand's tradition of vibrant colour and prints whose sensual designs seduce the female form. The spirit of Ungaro's classic rich elaborate designs in bright hues and flowing fabrics was not compromised by Valli's infusion of a renewed, youthful energy. The result, a temperate mix of classic couture with contemporary, was as seductive as the leader's earlier collections. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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