His designs also caught the eye of style icons like First Lady Jackie Kennedy, Princess Grace of Monaco, the Duchess of Windsor, and Jane Fonda. Givenchy once shipped Kennedy a black dress overnight when she requested it for the funeral of her husband, President John F. Kennedy.

“Mine is one of the most beautiful professions in fashion: making others happy with an idea,” he said last year of his career. “I am happy because I did the job I dreamt of as a child.”

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Givenchy stayed on as head of creative design at his brand until retiring in 1995. Since then, iconic designers like John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Julien McDonald, and Riccardo Tisci have taken a role at the helm of Givenchy, creating modern-day celebrity fans like Kim Kardashian West, Beyoncé, Julia Roberts, and Selena Gomez.

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In 2017, after Tisci’s departure from the brand, Clare Waight became Givenchy’s first female artistic director. With her graphic, black-and-white ad campaigns and coed runway shows, the designer continues to uphold Hubert de Givenchy’s fashion legacy.