DE GIVENCHY Hubert (Designer)

Snap! Audrey Hepburn, playing a model, is captured in a still from the film Funny Face (1957). Her dress, a black cotton gown, is by the man who became a lifelong friend and collaborator. "It was as though I was born to wear his clothes", said Hepburn of Hubert of Givenchy. When she was first sent to his house, Givenchy was expecting the other "Miss Hepburn" _ Katharine. His disappointment gave way to adoration. He had already worked at Lelong, Piguet, Fath and Schiaparelli, before opening his couture house at the age of twenty-five. Encouraged by Balenciaga, he specialized in clothes for the new era of air travel and grand eveningwear. In 1956 Givenchy banned the press from his shows, saying, "A fashion house is a laboratory which must conserve its mystery". He retired in 1995, making way for two of the most publicity-aware designers _ John Galliano and Alexander McQueen _ to design under his name. 

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