Lindsay Lohan and Spanish designer Estrella Archs showed off their new disaster of a spring 2010 Ungaro collection yesterday in Paris.
Despite the assurances of Ungaro CEO Mounir Moufarrige that the Lohan-Archs partnership would be “an explosive combination”, several reviews of the Mean Girls star-influenced collection have been particularly negative and many critics felt that the collection was amateurish and dated.
WWD - still known as the Bible of the Fashion World - called the collection "an embarrassment," among other things.
"As for the clothes, they looked cheesy and dated, as has often been the case chez Ungaro during the post-Emanuel revolving door of designers. Hot pink, orange and flashy, with an overworked heart motif relentless in its execution, the collection displayed none of the promised younger side Lohan was supposed to deliver. Nor in a million years would one guess that the lineup was designed by one young woman and 'creative directed' by another. Glitter heart pasties all around, ladies?"
The New York Times’ Suzy Menkes wrote that while there were some positives in Lohan’s couture debut, there was a certain ubiquity to the designs.
“Will this collection of hearts but with no soul be enough to entice young women who could probably find these looks anywhere?”
Backstage, Lindsay admitted the brightly coloured collection was a rush job.
