--- title: Givenchy: Rare and Classic Photos From a Fashionable Life description: LIFE looks back at the young Givenchy during the nascent days of the great designer's storied career. canonical: https://time.com/3690670/givenchy-rare-and-classic-photos-from-a-fashionable-life/ author: Allison Berry article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-06T21:33:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:55.961Z og:title: Givenchy: Rare and Classic Photos From a Fashionable Life og:description: LIFE looks back at the young Givenchy during the nascent days of the great designer's storied career. og:url: https://time.com/3690670/givenchy-rare-and-classic-photos-from-a-fashionable-life/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4d0644e717712dd/69877d015f570f1e53b1506f/140206-givenchy-07.jpg?branch=production&width=782&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 782 og:image:height: 440 og:image:alt: Hubert de Givenchy 1952 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Givenchy: Rare and Classic Photos From a Fashionable Life twitter:description: LIFE looks back at the young Givenchy during the nascent days of the great designer's storied career. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4d0644e717712dd/69877d015f570f1e53b1506f/140206-givenchy-07.jpg?branch=production&width=782&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Givenchy: Rare and Classic Photos From a Fashionable Life > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Allison Berry](https://time.com/author/allison-berry/) ## Allison Berry Feb 6, 2014 9:33 PM UTC  Caption from LIFE. His designs specialize in separates like the three tops, three skirts which can be used interchangeably to make nine outfits. They are: white cardigan with coral beads over short black skirt (left), organdy blouse over long black skirt (center), fringed black sweater over striped skirt (right, worn by Bettina) Caption from LIFE. His designs specialize in separates like the three tops, three skirts which can be used interchangeably to make nine outfits. They are: white cardigan with coral beads over short black skirt (left), organdy blouse over long black skirt (center), fringed black sweater over striped skirt (right, worn by Bettina) Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images by [Allison Berry](https://time.com/author/allison-berry/) ## Allison Berry Feb 6, 2014 9:33 PM UTC French designer Hubert de Givenchy rose to fame in the 1950s, but his elegant, feminine aesthetic continues to reverberate in fashion a full half-century later. Raised in an aristocratic family that valued artistic pursuits, Givenchy journeyed to Paris in 1944 and by the early ‘50s had established a couture house of his own. While responsible for many sartorial innovations, such as the easy shape of the sack dress and the raw cotton Bettina blouse, he is best known for his strong professional relationship with [Audrey Hepburn](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000030/) at the height of her Hollywood glamour days. In addition to outfitting her in films like _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ and _Charade_, Givenchy also featured Hepburn in his fragrance ads, making him one of the first designers to pioneer the use of the celebrity spokesperson. While Givenchy himself retired from designing in 1995, his namesake house remains at fashion’s forefront in the hands of creative director Riccardo Tisci. Tisci began his tenure at the house in 2005 with a dark gothic bent, but his collections of late have embraced a more romantic feel. Here, LIFE looks back at the young Givenchy during the nascent days of his storied label. _Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at_ [_@LizabethRonk_](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk)_._  Caption from LIFE. Designer de Givenchy (right) and fitter study effect in a mirror of hat tried on by his partner Bettina between her publicity chores. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Givenchy style, 1952. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Givenchy style, 1952. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Givenchy style, 1952. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Lace ball gown was one of styles which showed De Givenchy could do bigger things than gimmicks. Copy will be $250 at Wanamaker's, Philadelphia. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. High buttoned cuffs with black-embroidered ruffles falling over them are one of many De Givenchy treatments of big sleeve, an important fashion this season. Worn by Bettina, this cotton shirt is called Blanchisseuse (Washerwoman). It will be copied by Russeks, New York, for $10.95. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. His designs specialize in separates like the three tops, three skirts which can be used interchangeably to make nine outfits. They are: white cardigan with coral beads over short black skirt (left), organdy blouse over long black skirt (center), fringed black sweater over striped skirt (right, worn by Bettina) Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Givenchy style, 1952. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Givenchy style, 1952. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Givenchy style, 1952. Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Busy Bettina models shantung dress with tweed jacket for press show. By end of showings every single outfit in the collection was sold. 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