Tuesday 12 January 2010

Givenchy History

Best Place to start is at the begining really so decided to firstly start to look at the history of givenchy and their story so far.

Main Historical Points
  • Hubert James Taffin de Givenchy, creator, born 1927.
  • Learned from Jaques Faith, Robert Piguet, Lucien Lelong and Elsa Schiaparelli.
  • 1952 Seperates range launched
  • 1954 luxury ready to wear "Givenchy universite"
  • Close relationship with Audrey Hepburn.
  • 1973, menswear launched " Gentlemen Givenchy"
  • 1995 Givenchy retires designers to succed as follows :
Jan 1996 - John Galliano
Oct 1996 - Alexander McQueen
March 2001 - Julien MacDonald
March 2005 to present - Riccardo Tisci

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