She flicks through the look book.
It was quite Hitchcock in a way, this silhouetteits all about form and construction, she says.
And he used pure, simple fabrics like cotton and silk.
TERRA FIRMAWhen she’s not in Paris, Burton is back home in London or, as seen here, in the wilds of the English countryside. But the City of Light is delighting her—and surprising her. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz.Vogue, March 2025.
How do you take that and make somebodyfeelsomething in the clothes?
If anyone can understand the emotion to be wrung out of fashion, its Burton.
No doubt that gift was on the mind of LVMH, Givenchys owner, when Burton was hired.
As a designer, her imagination is as powerful as her cutting and construction skills are masterful.
I want to build a wardrobe that encompasses all of that, she says.
And to get the bare bones, its good to start with the skeleton.
Givenchy is about silhouetteand it is as important how it looks from behind as it looks from the front.
Shes certainly looking at the house from every vantage point.
Givenchy has a very beautiful history, she says.
It appeals to me because its a small house, and its in Paris.
I love Hubert de Givenchys relationship with the women he dressedhe had a lot of empathy.
I love Paris; Ive never really seen it before, she says.
Id be on the Eurostar, Burton says, laughing, with a robot at my feet.
It seems to have given her the clarity she needs to begin her new roleand create her debut.
How do you dress women today?
How does she live in real life, not [wearing] a museum piece?
Its actually much harder to do something thats simple and beautiful.
Produced by AL Studio and Farago Projects.
