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This tassel dress is fabulously worn by the lovely Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in the film classic Breakfast at Tiffany's. We love the tassel detail that gives a girl that swirl in her step and makes for the perfect dance number to wow any crowd on the dance floor. The dress is made with high quality, minimal wrinkle cotton blend fabric.
The little black dress attained such iconic fame and status that it became an integral part of a woman's wardrobe. In 1961, Givenchy designed a little black dress for the opening scene of Blake Edwards' romantic comedy, Breakfast at Tiffany's, in which Hepburn starred alongside actor George Peppard. Her necklace was made by Roger Scemama, a French jeweler and parure-maker who designed jewelry for Givenchy. Hepburn took two copies of the dress back to Paramount, but the dresses, which revealed a considerable amount of Hepburn's leg, were not suitable for the movie, and the lower half of the dress was redesigned by Edith Head.
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Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn was a PBS documentary series, which was filmed on location in seven countries in the spring and summer of 1990. A one-hour special preceded it in March 1991, and the series itself began its national PBS premiere on 24 January 1993, the day of her funeral services in Tolochenaz. For the "Flower Gardens" episode, Hepburn was posthumously awarded the 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming. The other project was a spoken word album, Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales, which features readings of classic children's stories and was recorded in 1992.
Critic Bosley Crowther was less kind to her performance, stating that, "Hepburn is cheerfully committed to a mood of how-nuts-can-you-be in an obviously comforting assortment of expensive Givenchy costumes." Hepburn was signed to a seven-picture contract with Paramount, with 12 months in between films to allow her time for stage work. She was featured on 7 September 1953 cover of Time magazine, and also became known for her personal style. Following her success in Roman Holiday, Hepburn starred in Billy Wilder's romantic Cinderella-story comedy Sabrina , in which wealthy brothers compete for the affections of their chauffeur's innocent daughter . For her performance, she was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Actress, while winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role the same year. In the mid-1930s, Hepburn's parents recruited and collected donations for the British Union of Fascists.
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So splendid, in fact, that it helped establish the “little black dress” as one of the essential dresses every woman should own. It even reappeared in the 21st century, when Natalie Portman wore it for a 2006 Harper’s Bazaar cover shoot. Later that same year, the dress sold at a 2006 auction for a whopping 467,200 British pounds (more than 600,000 U.S. dollars). Givenchy himself had donated the dress, as the proceeds from the auction were going toward building a school in Calcutta. Interestingly, the purchaser was an “anonymous telephone buyer,” so the dress’s current owner is actually a mystery.
The “little black dress” that Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly wears inBreakfast at Tiffany’s is probably more well-known than the movie itself, as the image of her wearing it can certainly be recognized by people who haven’t seen the flick. For one of the best-known movie costumes—and dresses, period—of all time, it’s actually kind of astonishing how simple the dress is. But that was the magic of it—and clearly the simplicity was an asset since that dress helped birth the “little black dress” trend that continues to this day.
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She was immediately entranced by the absolute beauty, glamour and elegance portrayed by Audrey Hepburn in her role as Holly Golightly. After doing endless searches online for decent Audrey Hepburn costumes, it was clear that if she wanted to own any of the items her heart was yearning she’d have to create them herself. This was the highest price paid for a dress from a film, until it was surpassed by the $4.6 million paid in June 2011 for Marilyn Monroe's "subway dress" from The Seven Year Itch. Of the two dresses that Hepburn wore on screen, one is held in the Givenchy archives while the other is displayed in the Museum of Costume in Madrid. A subsequent London auction of Hepburn's film wardrobe in December 2009 raised £270,200, including £60,000 for the black Chantilly lace cocktail gown from How to Steal a Million.
This is a truly high glam, high quality, old fashion, and timeless costume featuring the iconic oversized hat and tassel dress from breakfast at tiffany's. Many will remember Audrey Hepburn’s fashion from Breakfast at Tiffany’s by her array of little black dresses and chic wool coats, but there is one look in particular that stood out from the rest. Holly wore this magenta pink outfit out on a date with Jose which consisted of a statement cocktail dress dotted with emerald crystals, a collarless matching jacket and a pink tiara to top it off. This look was definitely quite bold in comparison to some of her other understated fashion looks, which proves that Hepburn is truly versatile when it comes to the world of fashion. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is without a doubt Hepburn’s most acclaimed film, with a swoon-worthy wardrobe to match! This party look likely isn’t the most iconic of Holly Golightly’s from the film, but it’s definitely still worthy of note.
With her short hairstyle, thick eyebrows, slim body, and "gamine" looks, she presented a look which young women found easier to emulate than those of more sexual film stars. Alongside model Twiggy, Hepburn has been cited as one of the key public figures who made being very slim fashionable. The bodice is slightly open at the back with a neckline that leaves uncovered shoulders.
She has been the subject of many biographies since her death including the 2000 dramatisation of her life titled The Audrey Hepburn Story which starred Jennifer Love Hewitt and Emmy Rossum as the older and younger Hepburn respectively. Her son and granddaughter, Sean and Emma Ferrer, helped produce a biographical documentary directed by Helena Coan, entitled Audrey . Hepburn's image is widely used in advertising campaigns across the world. In Japan, a series of commercials used colourised and digitally enhanced clips of Hepburn in Roman Holiday to advertise Kirin black tea. In the United States, Hepburn was featured in a 2006 Gap commercial which used clips of her dancing from Funny Face, set to AC/DC's "Back in Black", with the tagline "It's Back – The Skinny Black Pant". To celebrate its "Keep it Simple" campaign, the Gap made a sizeable donation to the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.
