Ungaro’s owner Asim Abdullah is looking for a new talent since Estrella Archs, the Spanish designer who joined the French House last year, is leaving her position as Head of Design to concentrate on her own label she created in 2007.

Since Emanuel Ungaro sold his brand in 2005, the fashion house has experienced difficulties in finding the right designer. Entrepreneur Asim Abdullah and president of the company, Mounir Moufarrige, tried their best to replace the legendary designer and also to give great visibility to the aging brand.
Who was Ungaro?
Emanuel Ungaro was born in the south of France from Italian …

In an interview to the Wall Street Journal last November, François Pinault – PPR’s CEO – re-asserted his will to strengthen the group’s luxury brands by selling La Fnac and Conforama “the sooner the better”.

PPR is a French multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands.
The group’s main activity is the retailing business thanks to La Fnac which is the leader of cultural and technological products in southern European countries and Conforama, which is a major player in European home furnishings. Moreover the company owns Redcats Group, a B-to-C (business to consumer) home shopping market in fashion and …

Boucheron Perfume from limited edition collection “Parfums de Joaillier” 2007

Following the project of strategic agreement between PPR and L’Oréal regarding YSL Beauté, as announced on January 23rd, both parties reported by press release on April 30th that they have finalised the YSL Beauté licensing agreements and the sale of the company to French cosmetics giant L’Oréal. The contract, which includes trademarks and licenses for the fragrances and cosmetics of the brands Yves Saint Laurent, Boucheron, Stella McCartney, Oscar de la Renta and Ermenegildo Zegna, has been signed after three months of negotiation. The PPR Group is planning for an effective …