Emanuel Ungaro: Lohan Fashion Line ‘Was A Disaster’

 
 
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    Lindsay Lohan heads to Staples Center on a blustery day in Los Angeles on October 27, 2009

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    Lindsay Lohan takes the runway at the Ungaro Spring 2010 fashion show in Paris, France on October 4, 2009

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    Lindsay Lohan attends the 2009 Whitney Museum Gala at The Whitney Museum of American Art on October 19, 2009 in New York City

 
 

FIRST PUBLISHED: November 12, 2009 5:42 PM EST
LAST UPDATED: November 12, 2009 5:59 PM EST

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

The namesake and founder of Emanuel Ungaro has added his voice to the chorus of critics attacking Lindsay Lohan’s debut for the famed fashion house at its spring/summer 2010 show.

“[Her] collaboration was a disaster,” Emanuel told the U.K.’s Independent of Lindsay’s first efforts as artistic adviser alongside designer Estrella Archs. “I am furious but I can’t do anything about it.”

The designer, who retired in 2004, said he worried that his former line was “in the process of losing its soul.”

Emanuel further lamented that the problems weren’t just at his own line.

“This happens to a lot of designers, we were the creators and patrons, responsible for the creation and destiny of our houses. But when we gave up our houses, we gave up our soul,” he said.

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