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...The white lab coat worn by couture technicians — and by Hubert de Givenchy himself — became a neat jacket with a ’60s feel, while archival fabrics, pillbox hats and a scarf-print from 1953 reappeared....
...A trip to Paris, aged 20, led to a fortuitous encounter with Hubert de Givenchy, nephew of the celebrated fashion designer, who shares the same name....
...Givenchy has had no small number of designers since the retirement of Hubert de Givenchy in 1995 — each with a distinct direction....
...Ethan Hawke’s grizzled Brown, equal parts crazy and endearing, erupts on to the screen with coat flapping and crusty eyes blazing....
...This season she referenced what she described as the “intense glamour” of Sixties and Seventies Nouvelle Vague cinema, the self-portraits of Portuguese artist Helena Almeida, and Hubert de Givenchy’s work...
...He wears platform boots, a fur-trimmed coat and has a pair of full, pouting lips. The man beside him, casting a wary eye at the wrestler, is his father, who has worked down the mines all his life....
...Which meant Waight Keller used rich tapestry fabrics for this show, sometimes four different designs in a single coat....
...Even though he hung up his couturier’s white coat in 1995, he maintains a lively interest in fashion....
...It was offered as a homage to the house’s founder, Hubert de Givenchy, who died in March....
...Prince Harry wore a frock coat of the Blues and Royals, a less formal uniform choice than he might and one which set the tone of polite informality throughout the service....
...For Waight Keller, the coats symbolised a gradual shift in terms of what makes a luxury item and also acknowledged a sea change in consumer attitudes....
...And there were endless coats and tops to gawp at here....
...To find her spare aesthetic, she had revisited many of the 1950s couture shapes first developed by the house’s founder Hubert de Givenchy before “chopping them up and reimagining” them....
...It also includes work by designers influenced by him, ranging from André Courrèges, who trained with him, and Hubert de Givenchy, his main acolyte, to Erdem, Gareth Pugh and rising star Molly Goddard today...
...Dolce & Gabbana’s more inclusive style recalls the original couturiers, such as Hubert de Givenchy or Christian Dior, who formed lasting friendships with their clientele, and sets them apart from houses...
...Books from the 1960s display vivid swatches made for Christian Dior, Hubert de Givenchy and Yves Saint Laurent....
...She went to Coney Island side-shows and discovered Hubert’s Freak Museum on 42nd Street....
...He studied at Hornsey College of Arts and Crafts, north London, in the 1970s under Hubert “Nibs” Dalwood, an environmental sculptor....
...No one wants to walk around wearing a wetsuit, but when you actually wear a neoprene coat or T-shirt, it feels weightless. It’s stylish, but incredibly practical.” …………………………………………………………….....
...Marie-Odile Hubert explained that the chapel mural needed the work because it had been subjected to a peculiar form of vandalism. A miscreant had made some adjustments to Cocteau’s decoration....
...I am referring not to the traditional role of fashion in film, as played by Hubert de Givenchy for Audrey Hepburn, for example, but to a new role – fashion house as auteur....
...In the foreground, through the quiet streets, pedestrians in thick coats walk hunched against the sleet-splattered wind....
...A bit less common was Gorbach’s use of his former official letterhead with the national coats of arms, on which he wrote “retired” by hand....
...Then there’s the navy trench coat Vesper sports while reclining next to Bond in the back seat of an armoured sedan....
...Gela Taylor, co-designer, Juicy Dirty diamonds are my favourite party wear – that, and a glamorous real or faux fur coat, which covers all ills and is always chic....
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