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...Givenchy designer Matthew Williams is very much feeling the need to push boundaries — or at least to define what the LVMH-owned house stands for in the wake of Clare Waight Keller’s departure last year....
...A top might have a cut-out detail, and there were deep V-necklines and some short skirts, but most of the women’s looks were sleeved, midi-length and long....
...You get that once in your lifetime,” says the designer, sitting in the Givenchy headquarters on Avenue George V, in the very same atelier space used by its late founder Hubert de Givenchy for his own fittings...
...Givenchy’s new flagship, designed under the direction of its artistic director Clare Waight Keller, occupies a block on the opposite corner....
...This particular journey had been sparked by a visit to London’s V&A, to look at a Valentino dress....
...In a balance of looks that married day and eveningwear, Waight Keller kept the body fairly covered....
...Five days later, Clare Waight Keller showed bombastic fake furs at the LVMH-owned Givenchy. On the final day of the AW18 season, Chanel went for faux....
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