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Article: VARIETY PACK; THERE WERE A VARIETY OF INTRIGUING IDEAS AS THE PARIS SPRING COLLECTIONS CONTINUED. GIAMBATTISTA VALLI MADE HIS DEBUT AT EMANUEL UNGARO WITH SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS OF THE HOUSE'S LAVISH MIXES, WHILE JULIEN MACDONALD USED LOTS OF CORD, STRING AND TWINE IN HIS FIRST GIVENCHY COLLECTION. VERONIQUE BRANQUINHO WENT FOR SEVENTIES-STYLE SPORTSWEAR, AND PETER SPELIOPOULOS CAME UP WITH RELAXED BOHO LOOKS FOR CERRUTI.(Brief Article)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- October 11, 2001
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Emanuel Ungaro: You have to hand it to Emanuel Ungaro for the speed and discretion with which he relinquished creative control of his ready-to-wear collection. No endless, Ripkin-esque anticipation, nor a teary last collection. Instead, earlier this week Ungaro simply announced the transfer of power to his creative director Giambattista Valli, and, following the showing of the spring collection on Wednesday, it was Valli who took a bow. "Season after season, he has shown that he understands the spirit of the house," Ungaro told WWD. "It's like a bird. When he has wings, he has to get in the air."
Although Valli exhibited some trouble staying airborne, he did ...