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GIVENCHY FALL/WINTER1996 COLLECTION - DE MODE

Updated: Jan 25, 2023

Givenchy, a French extravagance fashion and perfume house. It has the brand of high fashion apparel, extras and Parfums Givenchy, fragrances and beauty care products. The place of Givenchy was established in 1952 by planner Hubert de Givenchy and is an individual from Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter. It is claimed by an extravagance aggregate LVMH. From 2 May 2017 until 10 April 2020, it's aesthetic chief was Clare Waight Keller, the main lady to hold that position. On the fifteenth of June 2020, Givenchy declared that Matthew M. Williams, of 1017 ALYX 9SM would succeed Clare Waight Keller as the Creative Director of the House.

The House of Givenchy | Photo: Ylenia

Givenchy presented an extraordinary F/W couture collection in 1996, designed by John Galliano, which was praised globally for its excellence in fashion. Give your eyes pleasure, enjoy the photologue of 44 luxury fashion outfits which was presented on July 7, 1996, in Paris.

John Galliano for Givenchy 1996 | Photo: Conde Nast Archive


Givenchy's famous patrons include Empress Farah Pahlavi, Gloria Guinness and Marella Agnelli, as well as the Guinness, Grimaldi, Rothschild, and Kennedy families. Jacqueline Kennedy famously wore Givenchy clothes to the funeral of John F. Kennedy.


Givenchy attracted many other celebrities, including the likes of Lauren Bacall, Babe Paley, Michael Norman, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlène Dietrich, Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, Beyoncé Knowles, Princess Grace of Monaco and even Wallis Simpson, for whom he created some special garment bags to keep the duchess’s orders from being viewed by other clients. The collection of attire (dress, coat, perfume, etc.) furnished for Simpson would later become known as ‘blue Wallis’.


Today, Givenchy dresses many Hollywood stars, including Cate Blanchett, Emma Stone, Lady Gaga, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Rooney Mara, and others. In May 2019, Givenchy confirmed that singer, songwriter, actress, model, and record producer Ariana Grande would be the new face of its Fall and Winter campaign that was unveiled that July.

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