Hubert de Givenchy Quotes
I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries.
Menkes, Suzy. "Givenchy's Glorious Finale." International Herald Tribune, The New York Times Company, 12 July 1995.
The designer was a exemplar of a third world artist and designer, having studied in the West, then implementing the emulation of neither but the creation of entirely new blended art and design. His cultural leap became an artistic and economic success.
Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy was a French aristocrat and fashion designer who founded the 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.