Audrey Style

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Everyone, it kind of feels, is a fan of Audrey’s. She was Gigi, a princess, Holly Golightly, a nun, Maid Marian, even an angel. And we believed her in every role. But Audrey Hepburn was also one of the vital admired and emulated women of the twentieth century, who encouraged women to discover and highlight their own strength. By example, she not only changed the way women dress–she perpetually altered the way they viewed themselves.

But Audrey Hepburn’s beauty was more than skin deep. “You know the Audrey you saw onscreen? Audrey was like that in real life, only a million times better,” says designer Jeffrey Banks. For the first time, this style biography reveals the details–fashion and differently–that contributed so greatly to Audrey’s appeal. Drawing on original interviews with Hubert de Givenchy, Gregory Peck, Nancy Reagan, Doris Brynner, and Audrey Wilder, as well as reminiscences of professional friends like Steven Spielberg, Ralph Lauren, noted Hollywood photographer Bob Willoughby, Steven Meisel, and Kevyn Aucoin, Audrey Style brings the Audrey her friends and family loved to life.

With more than ninety color and black-and-white photographs, many of which have never before been published, and original designer sketches from Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy, Vera Wang, Manolo Blahnik, Alexander McQueen, and others, Audrey Style gives measure to the grace, humor, intelligence, generosity, and inimitable fashion sense that was Audrey Hepburn.

In 1953, When Audrey Hepburn burst onto the screen in Roman Holiday, she perpetually changed the international ideal of elegance, grace, and beauty. Suddenly, glamour and even sexiness seemed attainable for women far and wide; Audrey was uncommonly beautiful, but she was real–hers was a look anyone could aim for, but few could pull off as effortlessly or effectively. By mixing a few classic elements of “Audrey style”–the little black dress, ballet flats with slim capri pants, bold hats and sunglasses–suburban housewives became more Hollywood than Hoboken in an instant.

Here writer Pamela Clarke Keogh introduces us to the woman in the back of the clothes, the use of words from friends, fellow actors, and designers who dressed her to paint a picture of a actually remarkable woman. A humanitarian, artist, friend, and above all, survivor, Audrey inspired women and men alike to approach life with spirit, grace, and simplicity. The nearly 100 color and black-and-white photographs, paired with original sketches from such fashion luminaries as Givenchy, Manolo Blahnik, and Vera Wang, show that Audrey was much more than a beautiful, well-dressed personality; her courage and individuality come shining through in every page. –Leah Ball

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