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A vast collection of couture
and iconic pieces
from Audrey Hepburn were sold yesterday.
The collection included a little bit of everything from
haute-couture evening dresses, divine little cocktail ensembles, sensible tweed coats,
chic & glamorous dressing gowns, accompanied by wonderful accessories
-dating from 1953 to the late 60's.
Many of the 36 pieces in yesterday's auction were in Audrey's signature colors.
She preferred to wear pastel colors,
black, and ivory with the occasional hot-pink statement.
The collection also included a bundle of letters from Audrey,
where she wrote about everything from
an early film break, her proposed wedding to James Hanson,
& her time she spent filming 'Roman Holiday'.
Amongst the rare & unique pieces up for bids
were a number of chic little black dresses by Valentino,
haute-couture evening dresses by Elizabeth Arden
& of course couture pieces by her all-time favorite designer: Hubert de Givenchy.
The sale even included the infamous ivory satin bridal gown, which was created for Audrey by the Fontana Sisters, for the proposed marriage to James (later Lord) Hanson.
When she called the engagement off some weeks later,
Audrey asked the designers to "find a poor, beautiful girl" to give the wedding dress to.
Audrey was known for her rather tiny size, so
only the slimmest bidders will actually be able to squeeze themselves
into these iconic pieces of couture!
The Breakfast at Tiffany's star was 5ft. & 7 in's tall,
bust 32in, waist 22 in, & hips 34 in
rumored bidder Victoria Beckham would have no trouble at all squeezing into those!
The pieces were sold by Kerry Taylor auctions
at La Galleria, Royal Opera Arcade in Pall Mall, central London.
And half of all the money raised went to the
Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund & Unicef
for their joint venture
'All Children in School'
-which aims to provide teaching for 115 million children worldwide.
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