Hubert de Givenchy
The impeccable French Couturier PHILIPPE VENET dies aged 91
Philippe Venet, the French designer, and partner of the late Hubert de Givenchy has died in Paris. He was 91. Venet famously worked as an assistant to Elsa Schiaparelli from 1951 to 1953, and then worked beside Hubert de Givenchy at his couture house’s “tailleur” atelier through 1962, when Venet launched his own couture house. “As Monsieur…
Hubert de Givenchy the last of the great French Couturiers has died.
The legendary 6′ 6″ aristocratic Haute Couture designer HUBERT de GIVENCHY has died at aged 91 at the Renaissance chateau near Paris, where he and his husband designer PHILIPPE VENET had lived for decades. Givenchy was the last of the old school of a small clique of talented groundbreaking designers that made Paris the fashion…
