Sarah Burton is reshaping Givenchy

Sarah Burton is a great designer. And she is a woman. This detail should not make her remarkable. But, in fact, she is. Women currently hold only 12 to 14 per cent of top creative director jobs at major fashion houses. And Burton, who is the creative director of Givenchy, is one of only four such female creative directors within LVMH, the luxury conglomerate group that owns 75 maisons. 

Burton was appointed to the Parisian house, founded by Hubert de Givenchy, in 2024. She is 51 –…