Which designer succeeded Alexander McQueen at Givenchy in 2001?

Julien Macdonald succeeded Alexander McQueen at Givenchy in 2001.

Macdonald was appointed chief designer of Givenchy in March 2001, taking over after McQueen’s period leading the house’s couture and ready-to-wear collections. The appointment attracted attention because Macdonald was known for highly glamorous, body-conscious designs and a strong connection to British fashion, while McQueen had brought a darker, more confrontational vision to the Parisian label.

Macdonald’s Givenchy tenure lasted until 2004. He was not the designer who later became most associated with Givenchy in the 2000s—that was Riccardo Tisci, who took over in 2005. John Galliano had also designed for Givenchy earlier, before moving to Dior, which makes the succession history easy to confuse. Tom Ford, another prominent designer of the period, was associated with Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent rather than this Givenchy appointment.