Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Hubert de Givenchy dresses & Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was an awards-winning film and stage actress and fashion icon.
She was not only one of the biggest motion picture stars in Hollywood, but also a major fashion influence.



Her elfin appearance and widely recognized sense of chic were both admired and imitated.When she was about to start filming "Sabrina", she was sent to designer Hubert de Givenchy (actual founder of House of Givenchy) and they formed a lifelong friendship and partnership. He went on to design almost all the wardrobe worn by her in her movies.


The relationship grew and Audrey Hepburn became Givenchi’s prime model and of course the face of Givenchi in a time when starlets, not models, showed off the designer clothes.



And last but not least, here's Audrey with a wonderfull white gown for the movie "Sabrina".



Here's Audrey posing for Fred Astaire's lens in "Funny Face".




Here we say Audrey starring in "Paris when it sizzles" with a charming little green suit




Audrey Hepburn in the classic 1961 film ‘Breakfast at Tiffanys. Romilly tried to recreate the pose that audrey was in in her dress. That Givenchi dress sold for around $88k at auction at Christies in London, 2006.


Here's Georgia Frost, my current fave new British face, one of the lucky few who got the opportunity (and has the waist size!) to model the Givenchy dress.

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