You ’ re known as the “ London costume designer who discovered one of fashion ’ s lost treasures .” How were you able to unearth the 60 years long lost haute couture Givenchy evening dress , once worn by American socialite Lee Radziwill during a 1961 visit to London with her sister First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy ? What set you out to search for this specific dress ?
Truth be told , I found this dress without ever looking for it ! I stumbled across it in early 2020 and my initial response was that it was a beautiful example of a 1960s Givenchy that was in poor condition . I have collected a few vintage Givenchy pieces over the years , with the intention of preserving them for the future , and it was this that drew me to the dress . It was briefly
“ Truth be told , I found this dress without ever looking for it !” mentioned me that the dress had a s u p p o s e d connection to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy , but without any concrete provenance I didn ’ t want to read into the association too seriously . Due to their increasing arity , at the time my main priority was to restore e piece to how Givenchy would have originally nded . It looked like an important dress , but it was with the research that followed that I realised ow significant it was .