Givenchy Haute Couture Spring Summer 2012 collection

The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert James Taffin de Givenchy. Following his retirement in 1995, Givenchy was succeeded by several acclaimed young designers namely: John Galliano (January 1996), Alexander McQueen (October 1996), Julien MacDonald (March 2001) and Riccardo Tisci (March 2005). On March 2005 the Italian designer Riccardo Tisci was appointed creative director for the Givenchy Haute Couture and Ready-to-Wear collections.

Givenchy Spring/Summer 2012 Birds Of Paradise T-shirt

Givenchy has been all the craze in the fashion community as of late with their rottweilers and religious prints everywhere. Italian Designer Riccardo plans to continue the success with his latest offering, a cotton crewneck short sleeve tee ($785) featuring the Spring 2012 birds of paradise print. 

Riccardo Tisci in Givenchy Spring/Summer 2012 T-shirt

 Givenchy's creative director, Riccardo Tisci was spotted wearing a t-shirt from Givenchy Spring/Summer 2012 menswear collection.

+ Givenchy Spring/Summer 2012 Menswear Collection

Givenchy Spring/Summer 2012 Collection (with details)

Tim Blanks review

Riccardo Tisci always wanted to be a surfer when he was a kid. He could never have known that the biggest luxury conglomerate in the world would one day wave its wand over his wish. And so it came to pass that Tisci got to create a collection of clothes that turned his childhood fantasy into an elaborate, provocative reality.

That's been the story of Tisci's life since he was taken on by LVMH six years ago to reanimate Givenchy. Fairy tales do come true. And truer. After establishing himself as the embodiment of fashion's dark night of the Catholic-Gothic soul, Tisci has gone into the light with his new menswear collection. It was dawn in Givenchyworld—tropical-flower prints, crystals and sequins sparkling like dew on leaves, and white… so much white, banishing every trace of the black that has been Tisci's trademark up to this point. More to the point, it was a triumph.