Earlier this summer, rumors began surfacing that unrest had taken hold of fashion house Ungaro as a result of certain executives' interest in hiring Lindsay Lohan as a consultant. Wunderkind designer Esteban Cortazar promptly left (he supposedly refused to work with the actress-turned-leggings designer); today comes news that Lohan's appointment has in fact become official. The purveyor of self-tanner will now also moonlight as Emanuel Ungaro's "artistic adviser." Also new to the masthead: "almost unknown chief designer Estrella Archs," says Women's Wear Daily.

The pair will present their debut collection in Paris on October 4, "likely coming out together at the end of the runway show," adds WWD (a move sure to upset the stomachs of more than a few fashion aficionados). After all, at one point Ungaro was a name synonymous with the height of French fashion (the house's namesake cut his teeth at Balenciaga and Corrèges before branching out on his own). A controversial actress whose only design credits include knee-padded and wet look leggings doesn't exactly translate easily to haute couture. In other celeb-turned-designer news, Sex and the City actress Kristin Davis, whose namesake line was scheduled to debut this week at New York Fashion Week, hasn't fared as well as Lohan. Her show has been canceled and the line discontinued in a reportedly "mutual decision" between Davis and retailer Belk.