Sarah Burton is the new creative director of Givenchy. 7 facts about the designer that prove she’s so cool

The fashion world continues to see personnel changes. Haider Ackermann recently took over the Tom Ford brand, but Glenn Martens left Y/Project, where he worked for 11 years. But that’s not all. The new workweek began with Sarah Burton’s appointment as creative director of the Givenchy fashion house. We’ll see her first collection next year. The Fashion Vibes’s fashion department has collected seven interesting facts about the designer.

Fact No. 1. Sarah Burton studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and became Alexander McQueen’s personal assistant in 1996.

Fact No. 2. Four years later, in 2000, she became head of womenswear at Alexander McQueen. After the designer’s death, Sarah Burton took over as creative director of the brand, a position she held until 2023.

Fact number 3. Sarah Burton has a surprising connection to Alexander McQueen, for example, as she also headed the Givenchy fashion house from 1996 to 2001.

Fact No. 4. In 2011, Sarah Burton designed Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. The designer managed to combine the traditions of the royal family with current trends and give a certain meaning to every detail of the dress. For example, the sleeves were embroidered with thistles, roses, clover leaves and daffodils, which are considered symbols of Great Britain. And Sarah sewed a blue thread to the hem of the skirt because according to tradition, the bride’s outfit had to have something blue.

Fact No. 5. In 2012, he was named to the Time 100, Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Fact No. 6. One of the most recognisable images created by Sarah Burton is the butterfly dress from her first collection. This is a homage to the work of Alexander McQueen, who often used butterfly wings in prints. This is the dress that appeared in The Hunger Games.

Fact No. 7. Sarah Burton was a pioneer in terms of diversity. Plus-size models started appearing with her on the Alexander McQueen runway. For example, model Jill Kortlev’s big career started at that time.