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Hubert de Givenchy
French fashion designer (1927–2018)
Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (pronounced[ybɛʁdəʒivɑ̃ʃi]; 20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French aristocrat and fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the personal and professional wardrobe of Audrey Hepburn and clothing for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970.[2]
Early life
Hubert James Taffin de Givenchy was born on 20 February 1927 in Beauvais, Oise,[3][4][5] into a Protestant noble family.[6] He was the younger son of Lucien Taffin de Givenchy, Marquis of Givenchy (1888–1930), and his wife, the former Béatrice ("Sissi") Badin (1888–1976). The Taffin de Givenchy family, which traces its roots to Venice, Italy (the original name of the family was Taffini), was ennobled in 1713, at which time the head of the family became Marquis of Givenchy.[7] His elder brother, Jean-
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Biography
Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French fashion designer who founded the house of Givenchy in 1952. “The last aristocrat in the fashion world”, as admirers called him, because of the prefix “de” preceding his last name, which was obtained by birthright
Hubert was born in Beauvais, France. The great-grandfather of the future couturier, Pierre Adolphe Badin, became famous as a painter, and this apparently is the case when an artistic gift is passed down through a generation. The boy’s father, Marquis Lucien Taffin de Givenchy, had nothing to do with creativity, was an aviator, and died suddenly when his son was still very young.
At the age of ten, Hubert attended a French fashion show in Paris. What he saw inspired the boy so much that he decided to become a fashion designer. Hubert’s creative career originated in Paris, where he moved after the war. In 1944, the young man entered the School of Fine Arts, where he was taught by the fashion designer Jacques Fath. In 1946, Givenchy began work
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floor-length skirts and stunning blouses including the feted
Bettina Blouse, named after model of the day Bettina Graziani. Two
years later in 1954, Givenchy became the first couturier to present
a luxury ready-to-wear line.
- He inherited his design philosophy of simplicity from his
friend, idol and mentor, Cristóbal Balenciaga. "Balenciaga was my
religion," he told WWD in 2007. "There's Balenciaga, and
the good Lord."
- Givenchy first met his iconic muse, Audrey Hepburn, in 1953, in
a romantic twist of fate that rivals any of her films. He had in
fact been expecting Katharine as the Mademoiselle Hepburn he was to
dress for the forthcoming picture Sabrina. Audrey is said
to have arrived in a tied-up T-shirt, tight trousers, sandals and a
gondolier's hat on the day that sparked the beginning of a 40-year
friendship.
- Givenchy went on to design the actress' personal ensembles, as
well as those made famous by her in timeless films such as
Funny Face, Sabrina, and of course *Breakfast
at Tiffany's*."The little bl
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