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The Fashion Awards names 2018 winners

The Duchess of Sussex was the surprise guest at The Fashion Awards 2018, shining a light on British talent globally, to present the designer of her wedding dress, Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy, with the coveted British Womenswear Designer of the Year award. Wearing a black Givenchy gown, the Duchess cradled her pregnancy bump as she appeared...

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Inside the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding exhibition

Displaying Royal wedding gowns to the public is a “long-standing tradition that stretches back centuries,” states Caroline de Guitaut, senior curator at the Royal Collection Trust, and Windsor Castle will be showcasing the Duchess of Sussex’s timeless Givenchy Couture gown for the first time in the castle's Grand Reception Room, where the Queen...

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Givenchy homage on first day of Paris haute couture shows

Clare Waight Keller, the Givenchy stylist who grabbed the global fashion spotlight by designing Meghan Markle's wedding dress, paid homage to the storied house's late founder in her latest haute couture collection. On the first day of Paris couture week, the Givenchy show, held in the gardens of the National Archives in the city's Marais...

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Meghan Markle champions female designers for wedding

Having chosen to wear a haute couture wedding gown designed by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy for her nuptials to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, the new Duchess of Sussex, turn to another British fashion designer, Stella McCartney to design her second wedding dress for the evening celebrations. Like Waight Keller, a British designer who is the...

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Meghan Markle chooses Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy for wedding gown

After months of speculation over who Meghan Markle would choose to design her wedding to Prince Harry, the American actress, who became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex, stepped out of a vintage Rolls-Royce in a minimal Givenchy Haute Couture wedding dress by British designer Clare Waight Keller. Many designers had been tipped to design...

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Designer Waight Keller wows with Givenchy couture debut

British designer Clare Waight Keller made a flawless Paris haute couture debut at Givenchy, with critics swooning over her moonlit sonata in black and white. The 47-year-old creator, who quit Chloe in March, had never before tackled a haute couture collection -- the handmade pinnacle of the fashion pyramid. But she made both a daring and...

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Overview: Designers' Musical Chair Dance in 2017

London - The musical chair dance occurring within the fashion industry, which sees a number of high profile designers leave their former roles as creative director for similar positions at rival fashion houses, continued well throughout 2017. Now that the year is almost over, FashionUnited takes a moment to review the most striking changes of...

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Video: Givenchy SS18 collection PFW

"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Givenchy Spring/Summer 2018 collection by Clare Waight Keller, Paris Fashion Week, 1 October 2017. Video: FF Channel, YouTube

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Givenchy names Clare Waight Keller its new Artistic Director

London - Clare Waight Keller has spread her design wings and found a new Maison to call home, as the former Creative Director of Chloé has been named as the new Artistic Director at Givenchy. The French Fashion house, who previously said goodbye to the former Creative Director Riccardo Tisco in January, took to social media platforms Twitter,...

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Chloé confirms Natacha Ramsay-Levi appointment as new Creative Director

London - Maison Chloé has named Natacha Ramsay-Levi as its new Creative Director, confirming previously speculation that Louis Vuitton women's artistic director would be succeeding its former Creative Director Clare Waight Keller. Chloé announced on Friday morning that it had appointed Ramsay-Levi as its Creative Director for ready-to-wear,...

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Chloé confirms Natacha Ramsay-Levi appointment as new Creative Director

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Chloé confirms exit of Clare Waight Keller

London - 2017 has officially seen its first round of Creative Director musical chairs as Clare Waight Keller becomes the first fashion Creative Director to leave her role in 2017. Chloé confirmed the designer's impending departure on Monday, a little over 3 weeks after rumours concerning her exit began to circulate. Her last collection for the...