Loretta Young
Nicole Kidman's green parrot frock from the Screen Actors' Guild awards 2017
Jackie Kennedy wearing a pale green Givenchy dress
HM The Queen in 1954
Vivien Leigh's green "curtain" dress from "Gone With the Wind"
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Showing posts with label Givenchy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Givenchy. Show all posts
Saturday, 17 March 2018
The wearing of the green
Loretta Young
Nicole Kidman's green parrot frock from the Screen Actors' Guild awards 2017
Jackie Kennedy wearing a pale green Givenchy dress
HM The Queen in 1954
Vivien Leigh's green "curtain" dress from "Gone With the Wind"
Happy Paddy's Day!
Friday, 16 June 2017
Weekend glamour
To celebrate his 90th birthday year, a grand exhibition of the life and work of the fabulous Hubert De Givenchy has opened just across the water in Calais.
Featuring dresses he made for such icons as Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy and the Duchess of Windsor, the Hubert de Givenchy exhibition will run to 31st December at the Museum of Lace and Fashion in Calais.
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
The odour of silk, the feel of velvet, the crackle of a satin
“The allure, the odour of silk, the feel of velvet, the crackle of a satin – what intoxication!”
"The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress."
“To have style is to have a feeling for what is currently fashionable, and still to simultaneously remain true to oneself.”
“Dressing a woman is to make her more beautiful - isn't that the point of it all?”
He was adored by the superstar "celebrities" of his day; the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Grace Kelly relied upon him to provide their classy public image, and Audrey Hepburn (for whom he designed that little black dress for Breakfast at Tiffany's) would not wear clothes by another designer. One of his mega-rich clients, a certain Bunny Mellon, even had him design her gardening clothes.
Revered as one of the greatest couturiers of modern times, he celebrates his 90th birthday today.
Many happy returns, Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (born 21st February 1927)
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Emeralds
Silk matelasse brocade evening dress, 1955 (V&A)
Princess Grace (Kelly) during her visit to the White House, 1961
Florence Welch at the Grammy Awards, 2013
"All week long we're wondering who
Left a green Givenchy gown in the loo."
(La Cage Aux Folles)
Three frocks by The House of Givenchy - founder Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (born 21st February 1927)
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