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PHOTOGRAPHY BY BARBARA KRAFT Givenchy snagged a prime location on the Esplanade at Wynn for its new Vegas boutique. continued on page 74 E ver since Riccardo Tisci took over the venerable house of Givenchy in 2005, fashion editors the world over have been atwitter as they try to get this enigma's number. At 39, he's still something of a wun- derkind, a gothic-obsessed rebel who tosses aside age-old traditions. For Winter 2012, for example, he simply abandoned couture to focus on the brand's ready-to-wear; a few months later, he won the Council of Fashion Desig ners of A merica's International Award, despite defying the coun- cil's unstated rules. He has designed pieces for Rihanna, the Paris Opera Ballet, even Madonna. He just announced a collaboration with Nike on some seriously covetable sneakers, and he calls K im Kardashian a mod- ern-day Marilyn Monroe. No matter what the designer does, he's always killing it—and keeping everyone guessing. Las Vegas, Bien Sûr! FASHION'S FAMED HOUSE OF GIVENCHY BEELINES TO LAS VEGAS TO RELAUNCH ITS PRESENCE IN THE US. BY HEIDI MITCHELL 72 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM CITY OF STYLE