Born and raised in France, Givenchy grew up in Beauvais, a small town in the suburbs of Paris where the Parfums Givenchy has its factory and where his Father, Jean Claude Taffin de Givenchy (1925–2009) and his uncle, Hubert James Marcel Taffin De Givenchy, the famous fashion designer (b. 1927), were born.
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Givenchy has been compared in the press to jewelry designers Fulco di Verdura (1898-1978) and Jean Schlumberger (1907-1987) since he is also a European jeweler established in America.
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