Fashion Gossips claim that Givenchy Homme has closed. The New York Store has already closed (number disconnected). Calls to Givenchy in Paris - gave a simple - just closed. A poster of popular Fashion Community thefashionspot.com says the Givenchy Homme department has suffered a great deal financially, even with star designer Ozwald Boateng at the helm.
Things are reportedly so bad with Givenchy Homme that the house decided to skip a runway show this year for their Fall-Winter 2007. 2008 in Paris, instead going with a tacky showroom showcase on mannequins.
It doesn't stop there, one gossip speculates that all of Givenchy is having financial problems - the fashion gossip points to the 25 pieces Givenchy presented for their Haute Couture show, when the standard is about 40 pieces.
Another gossip with reported access to financial records for LVMH , counters the claim saying Givenchy is actually doing well and did not break LVMH's bank .
It is very sad for Givenchy,
It is very sad for Givenchy, I tell you that SS 07 ad should have been a hint, the guy looks so bored.