Monday Reads

Obituary:  Prominent fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, 91, has died.  He designed clothes for women like Audrey Hepburn.

Born into an aristocratic family in the provincial city of Beauvais on Feb. 21, 1927, Givenchy struck out for Paris in his late teens, in the wake of World War II. 

Couturier Jacques Fath hired Givenchy on the strength of his sketches. He spent two years learning the basics of fashion design, from sketching to cutting and fitting haute couture styles. 

After apprenticing with other top names, Givenchy founded his own house in 1952. 

One of his important contributions was his introduction of "separates," which made women's lives a whole lot better.

Givenchy, a petite man at 6 foot, 5 inches, retired from the business in 1995.
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Nothing to see here, just move along.
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Horrendous that child marriage, really young girls marrying their rapists, still is going on.

Lots of articles on that link.  I haven't read them all, but will finish them at my leisure.
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