Before signing on at Givenchy in 2005, Riccardo Tisci was a relative unknown in the fashion world. He was a Central Saint Martins graduate with a stint at Antonio Berardi on his résumé—and not much else. Clearly, his appointment was a gamble for LVMH, Givenchy's parent company.
Born in Taranto, Italy, in 1974, Tisci showed his very first collection, under his own name, in Milan in the fall of 2004. Within a year, he made quite a leap, to the Fall 2005 Haute Couture collection he created for Givenchy. Critics said his debut was not bad, but they didn't lay any laurels at his feet, either. To the relief of editors (and, most likely, Bernard Arnault, LVMH's chieftain), Tisci began—after a slowish start—to move away from his early high-concept presentations and to turn to a traditional runway format. Audiences began to give his clothes their full attention.And the young Italian has delivered a certain graphic strength. If Audrey Hepburn, with her rake-slim and unfussy femininity, was the poster child for Hubert de Givenchy back in the day, modern waifs are finding themselves drawn to Tisci's darkly romantic, slightly melancholic designs.In 2008, Tisci's duties were expanded to encompass Givenchy's menswear line, too, putting him in charge of design for the entire brand. The powers that be clearly see good things on the horizon.
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