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October 3, 2012

The Audrey Hepburn Look Book

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Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey Hepburn was trained as a ballerina in her youth and began acting in the early fifties when she was told she was too tall (5 foot, 7 inches) to dance professionally. On the set of Sabrina in 1954, she met designer Hubert de Givenchy, who agreed to do the wardrobe for the film because he mistakenly thought he would be outfitting Katharine Hepburn, not Audrey. He was instrumental in creating what became her signature look — a simple, high-necked dress with a fitted bodice and a full skirt. She was once quoted as saying, “[Givenchy] gave me a look, a kind, a silhouette. Because he kept the spare style that I love. What is more beautiful than a simple sheath made an extraordinary way in a special fabric, and just two earrings?” In turn, the designer credited her as his muse, as did photographer Richard Avedon. Enjoy our look back at her style from the late forties up until her death in 1993.

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June 1949 Where: With Aud Johannsen and Enid Smeeden at the Cambridge Theater in London, England.
Circa 1950's 
1951 Where: In Laughter in Paradise. Photo: Everett Collection
Circa 1950's Where: Posing for a portrait in Switzerland.
1951 Where: In Sussex, England.
1951 
1951 Where: With Serge Reggiani on the set of The Secret People.
1952 Where: In The Secret People. Photo: Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
October 1951 Where: Leaving the Queen Mary in England.
June 1952 
September 1952 Where: With James Hanson at Northolt Airport in London, England.
Circa 1950s 
Circa 1950s Where: At the March of Dimes Fashion Show at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
1953 Where: In We Go to Monte Carlo. Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection
1953 
1953 Where: In Sabrina. Photo: Everett Collection
Circa 1953 
1953 Where: With Gregory Peck, filming Roman Holiday in Rome, Italy.
1953 Where: In Roman Holiday. Photo: Everett Collection
Circa 1954 
Circa 1954 Where: With Billy Wilder and William Wyler.
March 25, 1954 Where: Before the Academy Awards.
March 25, 1954 Where: Showing her Oscar for best actress to reporters at the Academy Awards.
March 26, 1954 Where: Receiving congratulations after her Academy Award win in New York City.
March 30, 1954 Where: Before the benefit premiere of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey's Circus in New York City.
September 25, 1954 Where: With Mel Ferrer on their wedding day in Switzerland. What: Dress by Balmain.
September 1954 Where: With Mel ferrer in Rome, Italy.
September 1954 Where: With Mel Ferrer.
November 1954 Where: At a fashion show in Amsterdam.
Circa 1950's  Photo: Silver Screen Collection/2011 Silver Screen Collection
1956 Where: In War and Peace. Photo: Everett Collection
Circa 1955 
June 2, 1956 Where: With Mel Ferrer at the airport in Paris, France.
November 30, 1956 Where: With Gary Cooper in Paris, France.
1957 Where: With Maurice Chevalier, filming Love in the Afternoon. Photo: Archive Photos/2012 Getty Images
1957 Where: In Love in the Afternoon.  Photo: Everett Collection
June 1957 Where: With Mel Ferrer aboard the S.S. Queen Mary leaving New York City.
1957 Where: In Funny Face. Photo: Mary Evans/PARAMOUNT PICTURES/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
December 18, 1957 Where: With Mel Ferrer at the premiere of A Farewell to Arms.
January 1958 Where: With her dog Famous in Rome, Italy.
1956 Where: With Mel Ferrer in Italy.
May 1959 Where: With Mel Ferrer and Famous at Zurich-Kloten airport in Switzerland.
1959 Where: In The Nun's Story. Photo: Everett Collection
Circa 1958 Where: In Los Angeles, California.
December 1959 Where: At Idlewild Airport in New York.
1959 Where: On the set of Green Mansions.  Photo: Everett Collection
1960 Where: In The Unforgiven. Photo: Everett Collection
Circa 1950s 
July 1960 Where: With Mel Ferrer after the birth of their son, Sean Ferrer.
September 16, 1960 Where: With Mel and Sean Ferrer ath Idlewild Airport in New York.
September 1961 Where: With her son Sean Ferrer.
Circa 1961 Where: With her dog, Mr. Famous, cycling between film stages.
1961 Where: In Breakfast at Tiffany's. Photo: Everett Collection
1961 Where: Filming Breakfast at Tiffayn's in New York City.
1964 Where: In My Fair Lady. Photo: Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
October 1961 
1963 Where: In Charade. Photo: Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection
1963 Where: In Paris When It Sizzles.
October 27, 1964 Where: With Barbara Streisand after a performace of Funny Girl.
1964 Where: With Rex Harrison at the premiere of My Fair Lady in Los Angeles, California.
October 9, 1965 Where: On the set of How to Steal a Million Dollars and Live Happily Ever After. What: Hat by Givenchy.
1966 Where: In How to Steal a Million. Photo: Mary Evans/WORLD WIDE PRODUCTIONS/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
January 15, 1967 Where: With Mel Ferrer in New York City.
December 1959 Where: With Mel Ferrer arriving in New York.
February 14, 1969 Where: With Andrea Dotti at the airport in Rome, Italy.
March 13, 1969 Where: With Andrea Dotti in Rome, Italy.
July 15, 1968 Where: In Piazza Di Spagna in Rome, Italy.
January 18, 1969 Where: With Andrea Dotti after their wedding in Switzerland.
January 18, 1969 Where: With Andrea Dotti after their wedding in Switzerland.
1965 Where: With Mel Ferrer.
1965 Where: On a movie set in Paris, France. Photo: Mondadori Collection
October 28, 1965 Where: At Nuit du Cinema in Paris, France. Photo: ©RDA
August 1966 Where: On the set of Two for the Road in St. Tropez. Photo: Mondadori Collection
1967 Where: On the set of Two for the Road in St. Tropez.
1967 Where: In Two for the Road. Photo: 20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection
1967 Where: With Albert Finney on the set of Two for the Road in St. Tropez.
1967 Where: In Two for the Road.
April 10, 1967 Where: With Mel Ferrer at the Academy Awards in Santa Monica, California.
Circa 1968 Where: At LAX airport in Los Angeles, california.
April 1971 Where: In a parking lot in Rome, Italy.
April 8, 1975 Where: At the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Circa 1975 
April 9, 1979 Where: With King Vidor at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
1979 Where: In Bloodline. Photo: Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection
December 23, 1982 Where: With Robert Wolders in Switzerland.
May 9, 1983 Where: With Hubert de Givenchy at a presentation of his collection in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: ©RDA
March 30, 1992 Where: At the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
October 21, 1987 Where: With Rob Wolders at a gala film tribute to Audrey Hepburn.
March 1988 Where: On a field mission as UNICEF ambassador in Ethiopia.
November 20, 1989 Where: At the Emmy Awards in New York City.
1988 Where: At the Lifetime Acheivement Award for the Arts honoring Hubert de Givenchy.
October 27, 1992 Where: At the Casita Maria Fiesta benefit in New York City.
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