Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Claude Taffin de Givenchy is a French born New York based jewelry designer and the owner of the high end jewelry company, Taffin. Born and raised in France, Givenchy grew up in Beauvais, a small town in the suburbs of Paris where the Parfums Givenchy has its factory and where his Father, Jean Claude Taffin de Givenchy and his uncle, Hubert James Marcel Taffin De Givenchy, the famous fashion designer, were born. James is one of 7 children born from the union of Patricia Taffin de Givenchy and Jean Claude Taffin de Givenchy