I Love Giles More Than Lindsay

I'm sure by now you are all caught up on the rumours about Giles Deacon and Emanuel Ungaro. In case you missed it, British designer (and a personal favourite of mine) Giles Deacon was spotted having lunch with the owner of Emanuel Ungaro earlier in the week. And then it was announced that Estrella Archs, who had designed for Ungaro alongside Lindsay Lohan, has left the label.
There has been no word yet on whether Giles will fill the Lindsay Lohan shaped hole at Ungaro, but it would definitely be interesting to see him design for another house alongside his own label Giles. His A/W 2010 collection was gorgeous as ever, with a sixties vibe and a scrummy colour palette of caramel, chocolate and orange.




One of my favourite details from the collection were the delicate bow-belts, worn predominately over little dresses that would look right at home in an episode of Mad Men. I think this a great little styling trick that you could work into your summer wardrobe to stay ahead of the game.


Ungaro himself did once say "I adore the British. They are the strangest people in the world and certainly the most exotic. And they do strange things too."
So maybe Giles is the right man for the job. Whatever happens I hope he keeps his namesake label going, as he's one of my favourite British designers.

What do you make of the rumours? And do you think Giles is a good fit for Emanuel Ungaro? I think it goes without saying he will be a lot better than Lindsay Lohan, but is there another designer you'd like to see at Ungaro instead?

images from style.com, Emanuel Ungaro quote from 20th C Fashion by Linda Watson

Where's LiLo?

Lindsay was at Dior, Galliano and, apparently, even Viktor & Rolf. So when she didn't show up at the Emanuel Ungaro yesterday it was a little confusing. Apparently the label has ''let-go'' of Lohan, and the A/W 2010 collection collection was put together fully by Estrella Archs. It wasn't terrible (there were no heart shaped nipple-covers like last season) but it wasn't anything to get excited over either.


I don't even blame Lindsay for the Ungaro mess, after all she has no design experience, what was she going to produce? And it's not like she has a lot of other offers going on right now, so of course she would say yes to the job offer. The confusing thing is why the people at Emanuel Ungaro thought Lindsay could help sell their clothes in the first place. Lindsay can sell leggings to teens, she can sell fake tan to twenty-somethings, but she cannot sell high-fashion to grown-up women. Everyone knows that. Or at least they do now.
But, of course, the question of where Lindsay was yesterday remains. And because the game Where's Anna (a reinvention of Where's Wally) was so much fun I've put together a Where's LiLo version too.



Did you spot her?

images from indiemoviesonline.com and style.com