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Hubert de Givenchy is one of the modern women's costume masters. Recently, he delivered a speech at University of Oxford, England, about the craft of dress and his inspiration goddess, Audrey Hepburn.

Hubert de Givenchy

Speaking at University of Oxford, the lecture hall became a visual feast as imagined.

Almost all of the lecture hall were female students, and many of them even dressed up for this purpose.

Lace ball dress, pink cocktail skirt and exquisite high-heeled shoes, and some people even wear dark and long skirts to the hall.

These students are 83 years old.

Givenchy

Although it was 60 years apart, the Cinderella style gown designed by Givenchy during the golden age attracted people from every age.

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1966 spring and summer Givenchy last scene

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Although Givenchy was born in an age of elegance governing the global fashion, he is not backward now, but more like a less elegant ambassador.

After the speech, Givenchy lost his gentle image and apologized for his "terrible English".

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If anyone can offer advice on how to look elegant, it must be Hubert de Givenchy.

His opening speech was not accepted by everyone. He said, "if possible, you must be born in a noble family. This is part of you."

This is against the idea of "born without distinction".

Fortunately, he also gave some practical suggestions: "we must be concise."

He mentioned that when he walked on the streets of Paris, the youngest girls wearing the most elegant were always the prettiest.

He also smiled and said, "the more beautiful you look, the more you will have."

In the half century since the creation of its advanced custom fashion brand in Paris in 1952, Givenchy has praised "natural elegance".

In the middle of twentieth Century, lucky Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy and Audrey Hepburn were born lucky.

Givenchy has designed a black tight dress for Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany 's (Tiffany breakfast), and has also designed clothes for the movie Sabrina (love Paris), charade (fans) and Funny Face (sweet girl).

Breakfast at Tiffany "s (Tiffany breakfast)"

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Funny Face (sweet girl)

Givenchy's meeting with Audrey Hepburn is also very interesting.

At that time, Givenchy received a phone call saying that miss Hepburn was going to meet him for the costumes of the movie Paris.

Givenchy always thought it was Katharine Hepburn, because he did not know who was Audrey Hepburn.

However, when Audrey Hepburn wore a wrinkled T-shirt and stepped on a pair of sandals and a fisherman's hat, there was a tacit understanding between them, and this tacit understanding lasted for a lifetime.

At first, Givenchy told Hepburn, "I have only 8 people to make 15-20 suits in such a short time."

Hepburn responded, "well, let me see the clothes you are going to show."

Givenchy recalled, and continued, "those clothes were still in preparation, but I showed her.

She said these clothes are very suitable for the scene of the train station in the movie.

Then I finished the production of this movie costume.

From that day until she passed away, their friendship was more like a beautiful love story.

His deep affection for Hepburn was very moving, especially when he lifted his hand and pointed softly over the sky, "she is right there, in the sky."

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Obviously, Givenchy is obsessed with the fresh, unique, loyal and perfect movie star Hepburn, but his greater gain is a lifelong friend.

Givenchy was born into a wealthy family and later became an excellent designer. His life was gilded, and perhaps some people's optimism has made his dream come true.

He said: "my lifelong dream is to be a fashion designer. My mother accepted my decision.

My mother said, "you are like a butterfly. You must be concerned at all times. You will care about some creative little things. I think maybe your life is a good thing to deal with clothes."

The key to conversation with Givenchy will always be clothes.

He said: "fabric is a wonderful thing, it has life, you must respect it."

His aesthetics is classical, pure and sometimes even somewhat rigid.

Those clothes that are occasionally decorated slightly (such as the circular pendant skirt and the crescent shaped detail dress) worn by Hepburn in Tiffany breakfast, he explained: "the little black dress is the most difficult to achieve, because you have to ensure its simplicity."

Givenchy was born in 1927 in Bo Wei, northern Paris. He came to Paris at the age of 17.

He worked for Jacques Fath, Robert Piguet, Lucien Lelong and Schiaparelli successively.

And have always believed that it is never too old to learn.

In 1952, he owned his own clothing store and held his debut show in February of that year.

Not long after, Givenchy attracted a large number of customers. Later, he became friends with Cristobal Balenciaga.

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In addition to designing clothes for Audrey Hepburn, Givenchy also designs clothes for Grace Kelly and Jackie Kennedy. In 1972, Mrs. Windsor wore a costume designed by Givenchy to attend her husband's funeral.

Although Givenchy had made great achievements at that time, he was the first designer to sell his clothing store to a large company.

In 1988, Givenchy sold its fashion company to LVMH, and then retired in 1995.

When asked if he was satisfied with the current Givenchy fashion release, he skilfully avoided answering.

He said, "I think that when you sell your company, you no longer have the right to drive it.

I am too busy to have any interest. I think this is best. "

From this speech, you can clearly feel that the designer is not confused by today's fashion.

He did not believe that the stars at the Cannes film festival would have impressive costumes and did not participate in fashion conferences just to sell bags and shoes.

He thinks that many designers are out of touch with reality and always show some unreal and crazy clothes instead of feeling and thinking about the real life of women.

But he also consciously does not comment on the right or wrong with the attitude of a predecessor who has retired from the stage.

Finally, he smiled and said, "every era is different. You must accept the reality."

This is life. Luckily, we had a wonderful past.

Beautiful clothes, beautiful people and beautiful memories.

For Givenchy, everything starts with clothes.