{"id":314,"date":"2017-12-19T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/19\/the-house-of-givenchy\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:15:00","slug":"the-house-of-givenchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/the-house-of-givenchy.html","title":{"rendered":"The House of Givenchy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\nA Change at the Top<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThis year Clare Waight Keller, an English-born designer. was
\nhired by Philippe Fortunato, chief executive of Givenchy, to become the first
\nwoman to hold the position of Artistic Director of women\u2019s and men\u201d
\nready-to-wear, haute couture and accessory collections.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHubert de Givenchy 
\nwas a student of the Beaux-Arts, studying and working with other famous
\ndesigners at a time when noted fashion houses 
\nused their designs as  property
\nof the \u201ccompany\u201d.  Young designers , in
\norder to gain recognition,  began
\ncreating collections of their own and showing their collections at various
\nvenues much smaller in scale than the lavish \u201cfashion week\u201d showings offered by
\nthe \u201cbig\u201d houses.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn 1952 Givenchy founded and launched a collection called
\n\u201cLes Separables\u201d, the first designer to create luxury ready-to-wear. The
\ncollection received great acclaim from sources such as Vogue, NY times and
\nAlbum du Figaro.  It was at this time
\nwhen middle class buyers were demanding high quality and the same fashion aesthetic
\naccorded to couture clothing, which was, of course, sold at a much greater
\nprice point.  Realizing the potential of
\nthis new purchasing market would change the face of international fashion as it
\nwas known at the time.  Fashion houses
\nwere being combined under the auspices of financial entrepreneurs, commonly
\ncalled \u201ckings\u201d, and the pressure was now profit driven.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn 1969 the House of Givenchy developed a fashion line for
\nmen and further diversified with shoes, jewelry, table wear and upholstery and
\nin !976 established their flagship store in New York on 5th<\/sup>
\nAvenue.  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn 1988 Givenchy joined the powerful and influential LVMH
\n(Louis Vitton, Moet and Hensley).<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nHubert retired from 
\nthe company in 1995.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Interlink Books, Northampton, MA, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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