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Hubert de Givenchy, the aristocratic French fashion designer famous for the "Little black dress" and styling Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy, has died aged 91, his partner said Monday.
October 21, 1991: French designer Hubert de Givenchy (L) and American actress Audrey Hepburn talk at the Galliera Museum in Paris during a reception honoring Givenchy for his 40 years in fashion.
Givenchy set the template for ladylike chic in the 1950s and 1960s, and his restrained style still informs the way Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and older American and Chinese socialites dress.
His partner, the former haute couture designer Philippe Venet, announced his death through the Givenchy fashion house, saying he had died in his sleep on Saturday.
The pair lived in a Renaissance chateau near Paris.
November 23, 2016: French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy poses at the Gemeente museum in The Hague during a retrospective of the designer's work at the exhibition To Audrey With Love.
"It is with huge sadness that we inform you that Hubert Taffin de Givenchy has died," it said in a statement to AFP.
The designer's "nephews and nieces share Mr Venet's grief," it added.
(AFP)
