Who became chief designer at Givenchy in 1996?
Givenchy celebration at the Opera in Paris. In 1988, Givenchy joined LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. In 1991, a retrospective celebrated at the Galliera Palace the forty years of the fashion house. Hubert de Givenchy left the company in 1995. He was succeeded by some British young creators such as John Galliano, Alexander McQueen and Julien MacDonald. From December 2003 to 2006, the British cutter Ozwald Boateng is named as the artistic director of the Givenchy men's division. John Galliano succeeded Givenchy upon his retirement but was in turn promoted to Christian Dior less than two years later, prompting the hiring
James de Givenchy James de Givenchy James Claude Taffin de Givenchy (born August 27, 1963) is a French-born, New York-based jewelry designer and the owner of the jewelry company Taffin (founded in 1996). Givenchy grew up in Beauvais, a small town in the suburbs of Paris where the Parfums Givenchy has its factory and where his father, Jean Claude Taffin de Givenchy (1925–2009) and his uncle, the couturier Hubert de Givenchy, were born. James is one of 7 children born from the union of Patricia Taffin de Givenchy (born Myrick) and Jean Claude Taffin de Givenchy. James de Givenchy moved to New York