Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018

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Name (Latin)
Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018
Other forms of name
De Givenchy, Hubert, 1927-2018
Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-
Date of birth
1927-02-21
Date of death
2018-03-10
Occupation
Fashion designers
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 95710143
Wikidata: Q167318
Library of congress: n 87147046
Sources of Information
  • Alberto Pinto, 2016:title page (Hubert de Givenchy) page 4 of jacket (Hubert de Givenchy is a celebrated fashion designer who founded his eponymous harte couture house in 1952)
  • Encyc. Brit.(Givenchy, Hubert de, b. Feb. 21, 1927)
  • LC data base, 2/9/89(usage: Hubert de Givenchy)
  • Wikipedia, March 13, 2018(died March 10, 2018)
  • Wikipedia, May 10, 2017(Hubert de Givenchy; Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (born 21 February 1927 in Beauvais, France) is a French 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, as well as clothing for clients such as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy; he was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970; he was the younger son of Lucien Taffin de Givenchy (1888-1930), marquis of Givenchy, and his wife, the former Béatrice ("Sissi") Badin (1888-1976); he retired from fashion design in 1995; he resides at the Château du Jonchet, a listed historic castle in Romilly-sur-Aigre, Eure-et-Loir, near Paris and focuses on collecting 17th and 18th-century bronze and marble sculptures)
  • nuc87-124241: His Givenchy, 30 years, 1982(hdg. on GASU rept.: Givenchy, 1927- )
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Wikipedia description:

Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (French: [ybɛʁ də ʒivɑ̃ʃi]; 20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French 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.

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