History Black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn



hepburn in opening scene of breakfast @ tiffany s (1961), wearing iconic little black dress givenchy , roger scemama necklace


in 1961, givenchy designed little black dress opening scene of blake edwards romantic comedy, breakfast @ tiffany s, hepburn plays leading role alongside actor george peppard. necklace made roger scemama, french parurier designed jewelleries givenchy. audrey took 2 copies of dress paramount, dresses, revealed considerable amount of audrey s leg, not suitable movie , lower half of dress redesigned edith head. original hand-stitched dress in givenchy s private archive, whilst 1 copy audrey took paramount on display @ museum of film in madrid , auctioned @ christie s in december 2006. none of actual dresses created givenchy used in either movie or promotional photography. movie poster designed artist robert mcginnis, , in sam wasson s book, fifth avenue, 5am, explains photos on based poster did not show leg , had added leg make poster more appealing. actual dresses used in movie, created edith head, destroyed head , hepburn @ western costume in california after shooting.


in november 2006, natalie portman appeared on cover of harper s bazaar, wearing 1 of original givenchy dresses created breakfast @ tiffany s. on 5 december 2006, dress auctioned @ christie s in london , purchased anonymous buyer telephone. sale price estimated auction house have ended somewhere between £50,000 , £70,000, final price £467,200 ($923,187). money raised in auction of black dress went toward helping build school poor people of calcutta. happened givenchy, designer of dress, had donated dress dominique lapierre, author of book city of joy, , wife raise funds charity. when witnessed such frenzied auction, amount raised astonished lapierre observed, m absolutely dumbfounded believe piece of cloth belonged such magical actress enable me buy bricks , cement put destitute children in world schools.


sarah hodgson, film specialist @ christie s said, 1 of famous black dresses in world—an iconic piece of cinematic history—and glad fetched historic price.








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