Givenchy

BoF Daily Digest | Chanel’s Future, Chinese luxury tastes, Cautious Green, Givenchy couture, E-tailers struggle for marketshare

source: The Business of Fashion

“A light breeze whipped away the billowing black and white chiffon robes and Arabic headgear, revealing gilded, jewelled armour and crowns, at the Givenchy haute couture collection for autumn/winter 2009/10 in Paris this afternoon.”

Published Wed, Jul 8

Front Row at Givenchy

source: Women's Wear Daily

Aimee Mullins and Marcus Piggott sat front row at the Givenchy show in Paris.

Published Fri, Jun 26

YSL Remembered at Memorial Mass in Paris

source: Women's Wear Daily

Pierre Bergé was joined by Hubert de Givenchy and Betty Catroux at Eglise Saint-Roch for a memorial service honoring Yves Saint Laurent.

Published Tue, Jun 2

Britische Diageo prüft Gebot für LVMH-Sparte - Daily Telegraph

source: Finanztreff

 Germany In einer Stellungnahme von LVMH mit Sitz in Paris hieß es, man spreche nicht mit Diageo über einen Verkauf des Champagnergeschäfts. Das Konglomerat LVMH besitzt die Mehrheitsrechte an zahlreichen Luxusmarken wie etwa Louis Vuitton, Givenchy und Dior.

Published Wed, Apr 22

April in Paris

source: CHIC IN PARIS

I’m back in New York after a marvelous week in Paris and Milan.  I updated my trip throughout the week on Twitter, but I’m excited to share my travels in more detail.  My time in Paris was dedicated primarily to work, but afterward my husband and I visited Milan to celebrate a very special occas...

Published Wed, Apr 15

Sekers: A story woven in silk

source: Whitehaven

 UK Among the great fashion houses supplied by Sekers were Pierre Cardin and Givenchy in Paris, Pierre Balmain, Patou and Belenciaga. The company went from success to success, the factory was expanded, at one time employing up to 500 people. ...

Published Wed, Apr 15

Michelle Obama's New Kind of Glamour

source: Huffington Post

She arrived in Paris in a navy shantung suit by Chez Ninon, a chichi Park Avenue dressmaker that supplied her with copies of French couture, which she wore throughout the trip - except, that is, when she was wearing real Givenchy. ... Fashion faceoff: First ladies and second bests Chicago Trib...

Published Sat, Apr 4

Obsessed with beauty

source: Bay Area Reporter

 CA A fashion writer comments that Valentino, Yves St. Laurent, and Lagerfeld, who apprenticed in Paris in the 1950s, were taught by Givenchy, Christian Dior, and Pierre Balmain, themselves heirs to Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli and Paul Poiret. ...

Published Wed, Apr 1