Hubert Givenchy collections. Legendary things: the fashion heritage of Hubert de Givenchy. Clients - Grace Kelly, Wallis Simpson, Jackie Kennedy and others

Yesterday, March 10, Hubert de Givenchy passed away. The famous couturier, founder of the fashion house of the same name, the classic died in his Parisian apartment at the age of 92. The fashion world will never forget him, for many reasons. Here are 5 main reasons to remember and love Hubert de Givenchy.

Ingenious beginning - blouse "Bettina"

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Givenchy was born in 1927 in the French city of Beauvais. In 1944, when he was barely 17, he moved to Paris, where he worked with Jacques Fat, Robert Piguet, Lucien Lelong and Elsa Schiaparelli. And 8 years later (in 1952) he opened his own Haute Couture House La Maison Givenchy. The first collection got a standing ovation. Everyone especially liked the Bettina blouse with ruffles on the sleeves. The fashion designer named this thing in honor of his first real muse, one of the most successful models of that time, Bettina Graziani. An elegant blouse with lush decor was Givenchy's first major success and his hallmark for many years.

Revolutionary silhouette - cocoon

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Hubert de Givenchy professed the simplicity of design - no excess decor, the main thing - a beautiful and concise silhouette. His role model (in matters of aesthetics) was Cristobal Balenciaga with his simple luxury. This is where the ears of the cocoon silhouette grow, which so often flickers in the Givenchy collections. Against the background of the deliberate former grace, this slightly bulky form looked like a breakthrough.

Muse - Audrey Hepburn

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There are legends about the friendship between the fashion designer and the actress. They met in 1953: Katharine Hepburn was supposed to come to Hubert's fitting, but Audrey came. She wore a simple white tank top tucked into straight trousers. Since then, they have not parted for 40 years. Givenchy dressed Hepburn both in life and in movies.

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Without exception, all the looks became iconic - the puffy flower dress from Sabrina, the scarlet ensemble from Funny Face, the flawless black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany's and many others. Audrey was Hubert's faithful friend and permanent muse until her death.

Clients - Grace Kelly, Wallis Simpson, Jackie Kennedy and others

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Audrey Hepburn was not the only one who loved Hubert de Givenchy. He had many famous clients who also played by no means passing roles in his career. Hubert dressed Hollywood stars and first ladies. Among his regular clients are Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco, Duchess Duchess of Windsor, wife of the former King of Great Britain Wallis Simpson and wife of the 35th President of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy.

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The latter, by the way, was in Givenchy on the saddest and solemn day of her life - the day of the funeral of her husband John F. Kennedy. That black suit and hat with a veil will remain in history forever.

Ability to leave on time

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Givenchy led his fashion house for 43 years. In 1988, he sold it to LVMH (at the dawn of the era of the dominance of large corporations), worked as a creative director for another seven years and left this position in 1995. The replacement of the maestro was not immediately found - the successors succeeded each other one after another. John Galliano lasted a year, Alexander McQueen five years, Julian MacDonald three years. In 2005, the then very green Ricardo Tisci came and stayed for 12 years. LVMH management - not without the advice of Hubert de Givenchy - then took a chance and did not lose. A new and very successful goth chapter began in the life of the brand. Ricciardo was replaced last year by Claire Waight Keller. She has a colossal responsibility to protect the legacy of the maestro.

Hubert de Givenchy, the founder of the Givenchy fashion house, turns 85 today. The founder of the legendary Givenchy House - Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy - was born on February 21, 1927 in the city of Beauvais, located near Paris, in an aristocratic family: his father Lucien Taffin Givenchy, Marquis de Givenchy. The Taffen or Taffini families have their roots in Venice, Italy since 1713. Hubert received love for the beautiful from his grandfather and great-grandfather, who, being designers and artists, performed works of art for the Elysee Palace in Paris and for the Paris Opera. So the creation of Givenchy Fashion House by Hubert Givenchy in 1952 was quite natural and even predictable.

Fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy and actress Audrey Hepburn

Givenchy has become one of the most brilliant fashion houses in the world and remains so to this day. Elegance and beauty - that's what distinguishes the products of this brand of clothing. Among Givenchy's clients there are many stars and celebrities who have become a real embodiment of elegance and femininity: Jacqueline Kennedy, Grace Kelly, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and many others. The main muse of the man-brand is the actress Audrey Hepburn...

Actress Audrey Hepburn in a dress for the film "Sabrina" (Sabrina) 1954

Stills from the movie "Sabrina"

Acquaintance with actress Audrey Hepburn took place in 1953, who was filming at that time in the movie "Sabrina". For the costumes for this film, Hubert de Givenchy received an Oscar film award. Subsequently, Audrey Hepburn became the muse of Givenchy, his most famous client and good friend. Films in which she starred in his costumes (for example, "Funny Face" (Funny Face) and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (Breakfast at Tiffanny's)), glorified him throughout the world. For her, the designer created his first perfume. They saw the light in 1957, five years after the first fashion show of the haute couture collection of a then little-known young fashion designer. The fragrance dedicated to the actress was called L'Interdit and was floral-aldehyde with a powdery undertone.

Actress Audrey Hepburn

Fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy at work

Creation of costumes and costumes for the movie "Funny Face" (Funny Face) 1957

Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astor (frame from the movie "Funny Face")

Domino Audrey Hepburn from Funny Face

The famous black dress of Audrey Hepburn from the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (Breakfast at Tiffany's) 1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Audrey Hepburn was the epitome of sophistication and elegance at Givenchy. She began to wear clothes of this particular brand both in life and in films. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is the famous black dress worn by Hepburn's character Holly Gollightly for breakfast in front of the Tiffany boutique... Thanks to Hubert de Givenchy, we now know what a real lady should look like.

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Models of clothes of Givenchy fashion house, stored in The Victoria & Albert Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dress 1964

Evening dress 1969

Evening dress 1960

Evening dress 1955

Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy

French fashion designer, founder of Givenchy fashion house; great-grandson of the French painter Pierre-Adolf Badin. His understanding of fashion was embodied by two famous clients - Audrey Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy.

Date and place of death - March 10, 2018 (age 91), at his estate, Jonchet, near Paris.

Givenchy was born on February 21, 1927 in Beauvais, France. The father of the future fashion designer was a pilot from that generation of romantics - the first conquerors of heaven, to which Saint-Exupery belonged. Givenchy came from a very wealthy family, which had many traditions, and one of them was a passion for beautiful clothes.

Lucien Tuffin de Givenchy died when his son Hubert was two years old.

After his father's death, Hubert was raised by his mother and grandmother Marguerite Baden. Grandmother was the widow of an artist who was the owner and director of the historic manufactories and tapestry factories in Beauvais.

The boy took after his father. He did not become a pilot solely out of compassion for his mother, for whom the death of her beloved husband turned out to be a tragedy of her whole life. But Hubert's dreams of beautiful transcendental distances were reflected in his work.

He developed a passion for fashion very early on. At the age of 10, he visited the world exhibition in Paris and returned full of amazement from the Pavilion of Elegance, where 30 models of the most famous French fashion houses were presented. Then he decided to become a fashion designer.

When Hubert was ten years old, he went to the fair with his mother. From the pavilion with exhibited fashionable dresses he didn't want to go out.

At the age of 17, the boy fled to Paris. Here he began to study at the School of Fine Arts. His first works were made for Jacques Fatou in 1945. In this year, he also became an apprentice to the most famous fashion designer of those times, Belenciaga, the fashion designer of fashion designers as he was called.

After the liberation of France from Nazi occupation, he moved to Paris, where he worked as an assistant and studied with fashion giants such as Jacques Fat, Robert Piqué and Lucien Lelong.

From 1947 to 1951, Hubert de Givenchy worked as an assistant to the extravagant Elsa Schiaparelli. She liked his work, and soon the young Givenchy was already in charge of one of Elsa's boutiques.

But this was not enough for Hubert. He decided to open his own fashion house. To do this, he borrowed money from relatives, who eventually believed in the future of young talent. On February 2, 1952, Hubert de Givenchy's dream came true - he opened his own fashion house. He was only 25 years old. Thus, he turned out to be the youngest of the creators of high fashion.

Despite the success of the first collection, things were going well. In 1953 the first collection was published. The fashion house by that time had already moved to George V Street, where it is now. Due to the fact that the designer did not have enough funds, he created a collection of cotton. Only fifteen people came to the show.

Model Bettina Graziani, wearing an unusual white blouse with wide sleeves, which adorned with black and white flounces, became immediately famous. Every woman wanted to have the Bettina blouse in her wardrobe. All that the debutant achieved was a subtle combination of charm and lightness. The fashion designer made the next show in 1954.

1953 was a turning point in his career. First, he meets the Spaniard Cristobal Balenciaga, with whom he later developed close friendships and working relationships. He chose him as his teacher.

The fashion designer made the next show in 1954.

Hubert de Givenchy supported Balenciaga when he decided in 1957 to keep the press out of his shows. So that journalists could not influence the opinions of buyers, they were allowed to see for the first time new collection only eight weeks later. Naturally, the press declared a boycott. But since Balenciaga was considered the leading couturier after Dior's early death, his opinion could not be ignored.

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Then a historic event happened - Audrey Hepburn, then unknown to anyone, entered his workshop ...

On the morning of 1953, the secretary informed the 26-year-old couturier that Miss Hepburn was waiting for him. He expected to be visited by Oscar-winning Katharine Hepburn, so he was very surprised when he saw a thin and rather ridiculously dressed young embarrassed girl. The girl introduced herself and said that she was offered a role in the movie "Sabrina", and she wants to dress with true Parisian chic. Not paying much attention to the young client, the designer invited her to choose some dress from his collection herself.

She had impeccable taste, and the dress in the picture was a success, but Givenchy's name was not even mentioned in the credits. After the film's release, Audrey flew in to apologize. The designer consoled her, saying that after Sabrina, a wave of customers hit him.

Givenchy remained a personal fashion designer and friend of Hepburn until her death, at the same time creating fashion, dictating new trends to the market, opening up new ways, dressing other famous clients, the most famous of which remained Jacqueline Kennedy. For 42 years, almost all the time that he was the head of the Fashion House he founded, he was inspired by one muse, who was neither a wife nor a girlfriend, but precisely the Lady of the Heart in the medieval sense. For many years, Audrey Hepburn was the "face" of Givenchy House. Couturier always called her the embodiment of his ideas about what the woman for whom he creates models should be.

On February 4, 1955, the fashion designer was awarded his first Oscar for costumes for the film Sabrina. And Audrey has since become his close friend and henceforth dressed only with him - both in life and in the movies. For her, the designer created his first perfume. They saw the light in 1957.

D uhi "Prohibition" from ZIVENCHI

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In 1957, Audrey asked to develop a new perfume for her personally. Hubert invited the famous perfumer Francis Sabron. He created an exquisite aroma, which combined citrus, floral, fruity and berry notes. For three years only Hepburn used them.

Only then did they go on sale. With these perfumes, the designer's activities in the perfumery field have just begun. Later new fragrances will appear: Le De, Monsieur de Givenchy, Amarige, Xeryus, Ysatis, Organza.

The success of this fragrance became the basis for organizing not only the modeling business, but also the company Parfums Givenchy.

At the beginning of the 60s, Givenchy left the perfumery arena for ten years, only to release Givenchy III in 1970 after a long break. This name is not accidental - it is the third feminine fragrance Fashion house. The design of the bottle was developed by the famous Pierre Dinand. This is a bright fragrance for a woman who has good taste and impeccable elegance.

Givenchy was the first to create "fashion for the streets" and the so-called " finished dress"- pret-a-porte, which went straight to the shops. As a result, the end of the 50s and all of the 60s became the "Givenchy era".

The works of Hubert de Givenchy combine elegance and classicism with boldness and modernism. In 1973, Givenchy enters the world of menswear. And in 1974 a third men's fragrance Givenchy Gentleman - in honor of the menswear collection of the same name. It was created by perfumer Paul Leger. This is a thoroughbred perfume for a noble man, endowed with the chic and charm of a real dandy.

All his life, Givenchy remained an aristocrat: no one knows anything about his novels and personal life, but his work has always become famous and even famous. In 1995, the great couturier, who at that time had already sold his fashion house, left his job.

He ceases to be engaged in fashion, creating sketches for stamps, is engaged in landscape design, and his offspring begins to feverish. First, John Galliano will work as creative director for a year, then McQueen, Julian McDonald.

Givenchy

French fashion house created in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy. It specializes in the production of clothing, footwear, accessories and perfumes.

In 1953, Hubert de Givenchy began collaborating with film actress Audrey Hepburn, then just beginning her career in Hollywood. Together they created a style that combined sophisticated elegance with natural beauty.

In 1987, the Givenchy fashion house was bought out by the French concern LVMH, which also owns such Parisian fashion houses as Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Christian Lacroix and C?line.

In 1995, Hubert de Givenchy was forced to leave his fashion house. By decision of LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, John Galliano was invited to take his place, immediately attracting attention with his artsy and at the same time provocative collections, demonstrated with a theatrical effect unexpected for that time. In the wake of this success, Arno entrusted Galliano with the artistic direction of another, even more important fashion house for him - Christian Dior, where he remained for almost 15 years, until the beginning of 2011.

Beginning fashion designer Alexander McQueen was invited to create collections under the Givenchy brand - he headed the atelier from October 1996 to early 2001. His first collection was considered a failure, several subsequent ones were also subjected to serious criticism.

His most famous work of that period was the show in 1998 of the Spring-Summer 1999 collection, during which fashion model Shalom Harlow, standing on a rotating disk of the floor, demonstrated a white multi-layered dress, which was then “painted” in front of the public by two spray robots. in black and yellow.

McQueen's last show for the Givenchy house was also provocative: the public was forced to look at their own reflection in the mirror wall, when an hour later the lights went out in the hall, the wall turned out to be a huge “aquarium” illuminated from the inside, which was filled with fashion models looking at the audience through the glass; in the center, on a sofa of horns, was the fully nude writer Michelle Ollie, her face covered by a mask depicting an alien resembling Master Yoda from Star Wars.

In 2005, the artistic direction of the womenswear line was transferred to another young designer clothing - Italian Ricardo Tisci.

In May 2008, he also became responsible for the release of men's collections.

In 2009, Riccardo Tisci began to develop the first inexpensive line of the Fashion House - "Givenchy Redux".

In 2011, under the direction of Riccardo Tisci, the new Givenchy fragrance "Dahlia Noir" was presented.

Hubert de Givenchy - the life story of the legendary fashion designer updated: March 12, 2018 by: website

The style of this world-famous couturier corresponds to himself, because Hubert de Givenchy is a real count by origin. Elegance and grace are the main features of any thing produced by the great fashion designer, because it is not for nothing that the inimitable Audrey Hepburn was the face of all his collections, becoming the personification of his unique style.

Legendary fashion from Hubert Givenchy: sophistication and sophisticated design

A student of the famous designer Belenciaga, a boy from a good family, Hubert Givenchy, has been opening his own Fashion House for 25 years. The first collection of clothes was successful, but did not bring wealth to Hubert. Only after Audrey Hepburn, who was still unknown to almost anyone, became his muse, the Givenchy Fashion House became the standard for all fashionistas and brought money and world fame.

Features of the style of Hubert de Givenchy

It is not so easy to create fashion and come up with something new, but the fashion designer was able not only to accomplish all this, but also to discover a lot of new and unknown things. After Audrey Hepburn, many celebrities became clients of Givenchy: Jacqueline Kennedy, who is still considered the epitome of style and grace for many women around the world, Grace Kelly, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and others.

The hallmarks of Hubert Givenchy's style, which make his models special and can be traced in all his collections, are simple cuts, quality fabrics, square-shaped cutouts, no collars and pencil dresses, which are popular to this day. Probably everyone remembers the fashion for high stylish hats, which Givenchy came up with for Audrey.

It was Hubert who first created the so-called ready-made dress, which did not need to be ordered, but could be immediately bought in stores. The era of the couturier came at the end of the 50s and the beginning of the 60s, it was in those years that he created the most famous outfits for the most famous women in the country. 19 years ago, Givenchy retired, but his style and invented images will always be relevant and popular.

Givenchy: yesterday, today, tomorrow

Now Hubert de Givenchy no longer produces exclusive models, but many of his collections and outfits are still considered the standard of taste and the epitome of style. The late period of his work is characterized as a bold experiment: sporty style, youthful bright clothes, luxurious outfits and even interior design of hotels, luxury car salons and new fragrances.

After leaving the podium, Givenchy did what brought him pleasure: he organized an exhibition in honor of his teacher, Balenciaga, and became the author of unique postage stamps. Hubert does not accept what has become fashionable now: brightness, pomp, an excess of sparkles and jewelry, because restraint and traditional classics will always be in fashion and will only emphasize the natural beauty of every woman.

It should be noted that Givenchy dressed not only the fair sex, but also the strong half of humanity. In general, Count Hubert became famous not only for his contribution to world fashion, but also for the creation of famous and exquisite fragrances - today the GIVENCHY brand is a real sign of quality.

French fashion designer, founder of the fashion house Givench Hubert de Givenchy died March 10 in France at the age of 91. His clothing collections were distinguished by elegance, femininity and extraordinary simplicity. He considered shocking senseless and vulgar. It is Givenchy who owns one of the most famous aphorisms about fashion: “Fashion is the ability to dress in such a way as to walk down the street unnoticed.”

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Biography

Hubert de Givenchy was born on February 21, 1927 in Beauvais, France. His full name is Marquis Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy. He was the youngest son of the marquis Lucien Taffin de Givenchy And Beatrice Baden. His maternal great-grandfather was a French painter. Pierre-Adolf Baden. The father's family came from Venice. In 1713, its senior representative received the title of marquis.

Hubert's father was an aviator. He died in 1930 from the flu, and the children were raised by his mother and grandmother. Marguerite Baden, the former widow of the owner and director of the historic tapestries and factories in Beauvais.

At the age of 17, Hubert comes to Paris and enters the School of Fine Arts.

He made his first works in 1945 for Jacques Fatou. In 1946, together with Pierre Balmain And Christian Dior designed things for Robert Piqué And Lucien Lelong.

From 1947 to 1951 Hubert de Givenchy was an assistant to Elsa Schiaparelli. The designer entrusted him with the management of one of her boutiques.

In 1952, at the age of 24, Hubert opened his own Givenchy fashion house, becoming the youngest of the haute couture figures. The fashion house opened on February 2 on rue Alfred de Vigny in Paris. The designer borrowed money from his relatives to start his own business.

The first show took place in 1953. By this time, the fashion house moved to George V Avenue, where it is still located. The collection was sewn from cotton due to lack of money. Mannequin became the face of the show Bettina Graziani. Givenchy created the Bettina blouse. This is a modest model made of white cotton with voluminous black and white ruffles on the sleeves. There were only 15 people at the first show.

Fashion House on Avenue George V. Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org / Ylenia

In the same year, the young designer met a fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga whom he called his main teacher. Givenchy was the only person, to whom the great couturier showed his collections at the development stage. When Balenciaga closed his fashion house, he handed over the best clients to Hubert de Givenchy.

The next show took place in 1954. Modest fabrics Givenchy compensated with an unusual cut and memorable details. The fashion designer in his works sought to emphasize the femininity and dignity of the figure.

The main client of Givenchy became an actress Audrey Hepburn. Their acquaintance, which many call epochal, happened in 1953. Hepburn was looking for outfits for the filming of the film "Sabrina". The dress that the actress chose was a great success after the premiere of the film, but the name of the fashion designer was not even mentioned in the credits. Audrey Hepburn personally came to apologize to Hubert de Givenchy. He was not offended, because after the release of "Sabrina" in 1954, he had no end to clients. Givenchy and Hepburn were friends until her death in 1993.

For Audrey Hepburn, he created many different outfits: both for life and for cinema. For example, the famous black dress in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's", as well as outfits in the films "Funny Face" and "How to Steal a Million". Hepburn has repeatedly participated in the shows of Givenchу collections.

Among his regular clients is the first lady of the United States. Jacqueline Kennedy, and actresses Grace Kelly, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and many others.

In 1973, Hubert de Givenchy began creating collections for men.

He also created special sports-style youth collections for magazines, prepared costumes for theater and ballet performances, designed the interiors of famous Hilton hotels, and produced clothes for Barbie dolls.

In addition to clothing, Givenchy also produced perfumes. He created his first perfume in 1957 for Audrey Hepburn. They were called L'Interdit ("Prohibition"). This is how Parfums Givenchy was born.

In 1988 Givenchy became part of the French group LVMH.

In 1995, the fashion designer announced that he was retiring. He sold his fashion house, was engaged in landscape design, for example, took part in the restoration of the royal gardens of Versailles, as well as the development of postage stamp sketches: in 2007, two of his stamps came out for Valentine's Day.

And he first came to the post of creative director of Givenchy Dominic Syrup, then were John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Julian MacDonald. In 2005, he took up this position Riccardo Tisci. He tried to revive the traditions of Hubert de Givenchy. The 2008 collection received the highest ratings from fashion critics.