{"id":75893,"date":"2016-07-29T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T19:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=75893"},"modified":"2021-12-15T01:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T06:02:00","slug":"well-actually-know-givenchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/well-actually-know-givenchy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Well Do You Actually Know Givenchy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standing six-and-half-feet tall, the handsome and aristocratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/givenchy\/fashion\/\">Hubert de Givenchy<\/a> embodied that grandeur, elegance and romance of French couture in the mid-20th century. Audrey Hepburn was his best friend. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/bunny-mellon\/\">Bunny Mellon<\/a> designed his garden. And a young Jacqueline Kennedy \u2014 while studying at the Sorbonne \u2014 was an early customer. 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