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- NAME: Hubert de Givenchy
- OCCUPATION: Fashion Designer
- BIRTH DATE: February 21, 1927 (Age: 86)
- EDUCATION: Ecole des Beaux-Arts
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Beauvais, France
- ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces
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Hubert de Givenchy is a French fashion designer who provided Audrey Hepburn's iconic dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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Play NowHubert de Givenchy. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 02:30, May 22, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/hubert-de-givenchy-37466.
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Hubert de Givenchy was born on February 21, 1927 in Beauvais, France. A fashion designer and aristocrat, he opened his fashion house in 1952. His work was famously worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Jacqueline Kennedy and Grace Kelly were also on his client list. Givenchy retired in 1995.
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