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Sarah Burton makes fresh but understated debut for Givenchy in Paris

Former Alexander McQueen protege’s show a major fashion moment as it is first by a new female creative director

But while Dior and Chanel have turned fashion into blockbuster entertainment and successfully seduced a young fanbase, Givenchy is still defined by Hepburn nibbling a croissant in sunglasses and pearls in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, a full 62 years ago. A beloved figure both for her talent and for the sensitivity with which she handled being handed the keys to the house of McQueen in the jagged aftermath of her boss and mentor’s shocking death, Burton has earned the right to do things her way. It is telling of the restrained coding of the house that one of Hubert de Givenchy’s most famous looks was a funeral coat and black chiffon veil, which the designer stayed up all night to make for Wallis Simpson when the Duke of Windsor died in 1972.

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