The fashionable pairing of designer Comte Hubert de Givenchy, one of the world's best dressed men in the second half of the twentieth century, and the actress Audrey Hepburn helped make Hepburn an enduring international star.
For all that he was elected to the International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970, Givenchy was typically photographed in a dark suit, plain shirt and a discreetly dark necktie a la Cary Grant in Hitchcock's film North by Northwest. The only other style I've seen in his photos is a casual version of the same clothes: dark dress trousers, a plain dress shirt and a dark crew neck sweater.
Givenchy shows us that a man can be every bit as well known for his good taste over time as he might otherwise be for consistent outrageousness in his dress.
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3 comments:
There is something to be said for elegant simplicity and subtle plain pocket squares. Now that I have found the beauty of pocket squares, I cannot stand to see a suit pocket without one. Paul Stuart has rows of beautiful pocket squares. I wish men would buy them and learn how to wear them.
John NYC
How can someone be considered elegant when his suit collar does not even sit properly on the back of his neck.
Because he's arm in arm with Audrey Hepburn and we're not.
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