"The brand is the brainchild of Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy, French fashion designer and founder in 1952 of the famous fashion house that bears his name. He became famous for creating the personal wardrobe and stage actress Audrey Hepburn dress and for clients such as Jacqueline Kennedy, Empress Farah Pahlavi, Marella Agnelli, Princess Grace, the Duchess of Windsor, the singer Frederica von Stade, actresses Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman and Jeanne Moreau. In 2005, Riccardo Tisci become the new creative director of women's collections and revises impeccably styles of the past historic house, adding a touch dark and sensual."