DESIGNER GIVENCHY DIES AT AGE 91

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Hubert de Givenchy, the aristocratic French fashion designer famous for the “Little black dress” and styling Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy, has died aged 91, his partner said Monday.


Givenchy set the course for ladylike chic in the 1950s and 1960s, and his style still informs the way Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and older American and Chinese socialites dress.

His longtime partner, the former haute couture designer Philippe Venet, announced his death through the Givenchy fashion house, saying he had died in his sleep on Saturday

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