Fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro dies aged 86: family
Ungaro retired from fashion in 2004.
Lunar fashion show during Day 3 of the SA Fashion Week (SAFW) Autumn/Winter 2020 Collection Showcase at Sandton City rooftop on October 25, 2019 in Sandton, South Africa. The event, a business to business platform that markets designer collections in Africa, with a spotlight in luxury African fashion and sustainability. Picture: Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius
French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro, who described himself as a “sensual obsessive”, has died in Paris at the age of 86, his family told AFP on Sunday.
Ungaro, who retired from fashion in 2004, died on Saturday after two years in a “weakened” state of health, a family member told AFP.
He was born in southern France in 1933 to a family of Italian immigrants, and moved to Paris in 1956, where he was trained by Spanish designer Cristobal Balenciaga.
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