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 :
Oct 1996 - Alexander McQueen
March 2001 - Julien MacDonald
March 2005 to present - Riccardo Tisci
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