What is Hubert de Givenchy?
{{Infobox person |image= Hubert de Givenchy in Beverly Hills, 1978.jpg |caption= |name= Hubert de Givenchy |nationality= [[French people|French]] |birth_date= {{Birth date |1927|2|21|df=y}} |birth_place= [[Beauvais]], [[France]] |death_date= {{death date and age|2018|3|10|1927|2|21|df=y}} |death_place=near [[Paris]], France |education= [[École des Beaux-Arts]] |label_name= [[Givenchy]] |significant_design= |awards=Chevalier de la [[Légion d'honneur]] (1983)<ref name=Mohrt>Mohrt, Françoise. 1998. ''The Givenchy style''. Assouline. {{ISBN|2-84323-107-8}}, p. 204.</ref> Medal of [[l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (1992)<ref name=Mohrt/> }} '''Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy''' (21 February 1927 &ndash; 10 March 2018) was a [[France|French]] [[fashion designer]]. He founded [[Givenchy|The House of Givenchy]] in 1952. He was famous for having designed much of the personal and professional wardrobe of [[Audrey Hepburn]], as well as clothing for clients such as [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]]. He was named to the [[International Best Dressed List]] Hall of Fame in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_men |title=''Vanity Fair'' |access-date=2014-03-26 |archive-date=2012-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601052941/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_men |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | title=Ultimate style - the best of the best dressed list| pages=116| isbn= 2 84323 513 8 | year=2004 }}</ref> De Givenchy died in his sleep at the Renaissance chateau near [[Paris]] on 10 March 2018, aged 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43375454|title=Givenchy, French fashion icon, dies aged 91|publisher=BBC News|date=12 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/mar/12/hubert-de-givenchy-creator-of-style-icons-dies-aged-91|title=Hubert de Givenchy, maker of style icons, dies aged 91|publisher=The Guardian|date=12 March 2018|author=Wilsher, K