There, he apprenticed under Guy Laroche and HubertdeGivenchy, whose houses made glamorous dresses for women like Audrey Hepburn and the Duchess of Windsor.
Although McQueen's Givenchy collections were showy and won hype, French purists were quick to say they were in no way a continuation of the elegant stylistic output of HubertdeGivenchy, the man who dressed Audrey Hepburn.