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Emmanuelle Khanh 12 September — 17 February was a French fashion designer , stylist and model. She was particularly known for her distinctive outsize eyewear, and was considered one of the leading young designers of the s New Wave movement in France. In she married the engineer, inventor and designer Nguyen Manh Khanh , known for his inflatable furniture [ 1 ] and a square transparent car called the Quasar-Unipower or The Cube.

At this point she assumed the professional name Emmanuelle. After four years, she quit modelling in order to pursue a career in fashion design. In , Khanh and Christiane Bailly launched their first collection under the label Emma Christie, which was retailed through popular Paris boutiques. In , she was described as knowing exactly what young women wanted, selling her clothing in both Britain and the United States.

In , she signed an exclusive contract with the New York City department store Henri Bendel , and also sold clothing through Macy's "Little Shop" boutiques. The models, who wore snugly fitting James Wedge hats, pulled off the hats at the end of the show to demonstrate how Sassoon's signature architectural cuts simply fell back into place, which astonished the French press and established Sassoon as a challenge to world-renowned French hairdressing.

In addition to Missoni, Khanh also designed collections for similarly youth-oriented labels Krizia and Cacharel. She founded her own company in , Emmanuelle Khanh Paris, opened the first boutiques in her own name in , and formed Emmanuelle Khanh International in The company closed in the late s, and the Khanh brand was sold in to a Dutch conglomerate.

Emmanuelle Khanh died at her Paris home of pancreatic cancer on 17 February , aged Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools.