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Rare Audrey Hepburn

Rare Audrey Hepburn is a blog featuring rare and popular photographs of the 'S wonderful Audrey Hepburn. All wallpapers, screencaptures, and animated gifs posted here are made by me (unless stated otherwise) and are tagged "rareaudreyhepburn". All of my creations are linked to my flickr account, myhumblefash. Please credit. Also, I do retouch/restore/adjust coloring and exposure of each picture I post. I do not own any of these pictures; I do my best to credit the photographers of each picture as well as providing the date the picture was taken. I encourage all to message me if you have additional information on the photographs uploaded. Every picture posted is a great find I've stumbled upon during my Audrey Hepburn pictorial hunt.

  • 17th
  • April
  • 2013

Regarding this picture from Vanity Fair: I noticed that some Audrey fans were questioning whether or not the gown was indeed  pink and in fact it wasn’t. The picture was digitally colorized by Lorna Clarke for Vanity Fair’s May 2013 issue.  Above is a picture of Audrey Hepburn wearing the dress without the added adornments (red sash and medals) and in the bottom right corner is a sketch by Edith Head of Princess Ann’s royal dress. Still, a pink ball gown on Ms. Hepburn would have been stunning too. 

  • 15th
  • April
  • 2013
Audrey Hepburn playing cards with Gregory Peck in a scene from Roman Holiday, 1953.

Audrey Hepburn playing cards with Gregory Peck in a scene from Roman Holiday, 1953.

(Source: vanityfair.com)

  • 8th
  • December
  • 2010
“Audrey arrived at Edith’s hotel room wearing a dark suit with white collar and cuffs, a sprig of white lily-of-the-valley in her buttonhole and white gloves.  ’This was a girl way ahead of high fashion,’ according to Edith.  ’She deliberately looked different from other women and dramatized her own slenderness into her chief asset…But what impressed me most was her body.  I knew she would be the perfect mannequin for anything I would make.  I knew it would be a great temptation to design clothes that would overpower her.  I could have used her to show off my talents and detract from hers, but I didn’t.  I considered doing it, believe me.’ That she did not was a testimony to Edith Head’s cool professionalism - and Audrey’s polite but firm insistence on her own ideas.”  (quote taken from the book Enchantment by Donald Spoto) Edith Head, American costume designer, first worked with Audrey on the movie Roman Holiday.  Both Edith and Audrey won Oscars for the movie Roman Holiday, Edith for Best Costume Design and Audrey for Best Actress in a leading role. Photograph: Mel Ferrer and Audrey Hepburn help Edith Head celebrate her birthday, 1955.

“Audrey arrived at Edith’s hotel room wearing a dark suit with white collar and cuffs, a sprig of white lily-of-the-valley in her buttonhole and white gloves.  ’This was a girl way ahead of high fashion,’ according to Edith.  ’She deliberately looked different from other women and dramatized her own slenderness into her chief asset…But what impressed me most was her body.  I knew she would be the perfect mannequin for anything I would make.  I knew it would be a great temptation to design clothes that would overpower her.  I could have used her to show off my talents and detract from hers, but I didn’t.  I considered doing it, believe me.’ That she did not was a testimony to Edith Head’s cool professionalism - and Audrey’s polite but firm insistence on her own ideas.”  (quote taken from the book Enchantment by Donald Spoto)

Edith Head, American costume designer, first worked with Audrey on the movie Roman Holiday.  Both Edith and Audrey won Oscars for the movie Roman Holiday, Edith for Best Costume Design and Audrey for Best Actress in a leading role.

Photograph: Mel Ferrer and Audrey Hepburn help Edith Head celebrate her birthday, 1955.

  • 4th
  • December
  • 2010
[Gregory] Peck believes Audrey had such an impact on fashion because she possessed ‘both style and substance.  She brought something new to the screen. Her European upbringing.  She had a Dutch mother and an English father.  You have to remember she experienced the war under the Nazis, so she wasn’t the typical American.  So she brought her experiences to her sense of style, and that difference was appealing.” (taken from the book Audrey Style) (Photograph: 1953, Audrey and Gregory on the set of Roman Holiday with director William Wyler.)

[Gregory] Peck believes Audrey had such an impact on fashion because she possessed ‘both style and substance.  She brought something new to the screen. Her European upbringing.  She had a Dutch mother and an English father.  You have to remember she experienced the war under the Nazis, so she wasn’t the typical American.  So she brought her experiences to her sense of style, and that difference was appealing.” (taken from the book Audrey Style)

(Photograph: 1953, Audrey and Gregory on the set of Roman Holiday with director William Wyler.)

  • 6th
  • June
  • 2010
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Reporter: Which of the cities visited did Your Highness enjoy the most? General Provno: [prompting] Each, in its own way… Princess Ann: Each, in its own way, was unforgettable. It would be difficult to - Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live. rareaudreyhepburn

Reporter: Which of the cities visited did Your Highness enjoy the most? 
General Provno: [prompting] Each, in its own way…
Princess Ann: Each, in its own way, was unforgettable. It would be difficult to - Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live.

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