The French designer’s namesake label debuted its fall collection at La Monnaie de Paris with a female first attitude.

Sarah Burton’s debut at Givenchy began not with a sketch but with a discovery. During the renovation of Hubert de Givenchy’s first maison in Paris, a hidden cupboard was uncovered, revealing a forgotten piece of the brand’s history.

S o often you see a heritage fashion house with a man's name above the door—sometimes to discover women quietly masterminding every stitch of real-life wearability in its design