Well, they finally did it. After three previous tries, the San Francisco ownership of Emanuel Ungaro seems at last to have found the right designer to take the house into the future. Reviews from Esteban Cortazar’s first collection, shown yesterday in Paris, have been stellar.

New York magazine said “Ungaro is hip again.” Fashioninsider.com said it “seems that Cortazar will have a bright future at Ungaro.” The Times of London said the collection has an “understated glamour, but also refreshingly modern.” And the influential critic, Suzy Menkes of …

Women’s Wear Daily has given us the first glimpse of Esteban Cortezar’s collection for Emanuel Ungaro, which will be shown in Paris on the 27th. It’s one of the most hotly anticipated shows of the season, and if this beautiful dress is any indication of what’s to come, it’s going to be a hit. I mean, is that skirt not absolutely divine?
The 23-year-old Colombian designer said, “My designs have always been about unapologetic femininity that is pure and totally natural… I had that aesthetic growing up. I’m Latin …