French fashion icon Givenchy dead at 91, reports say
French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", has died at the age of 91. "It is with huge sadness that we inform you that Hubert Taffin de Givenchy has died", a statement said to AFP.
Pictured below is a Hubert De Givenchy evening dress from 1961 on display in the Metropolitan Museum Of Art Exhibition, Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years.
On a state visit to France the following year, Kennedy made a famously grand entrance in a Givenchy white silk faille dress at a state dinner at the Palace of Versailles, looking as regal as any European monarch's consort.
Givenchy lived in a Renaissance chateau near Paris.
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In 1988, Givenchy sold his company to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton for $45 million, although he remained as creative director until his retirement in 1995.
He dressed a plethora of fabulous women, including Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Onassis, Jane Fonda and the Duchess of Windsor.
Since then, the Givenchy label has continued to help set the fashion agenda with designers including Julien MacDonald and Alexander McQueen at its helm.
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