The weddingOn 25 September 1954, Audrey Hepburn married American actor Mel Ferrer in Burgenstock, Switzerland. In 1968, 14 years later, the couple divorced. The dressThe wedding dress worn by Audrey Hepburn was a high collared tea-length dress featuring 3 quarter balloon sleeves and a satin waist sash. The wedding dress was designed by French couturier Pierre Balmain, The accessoriesAudrey Hepburn paired her wedding dress with a flower wreath on her head and a pair of elbow gloves. Other wedding dressesNo.1 Audrey Hepburn's first wedding dress 1952 Audrey Hepburn's first wedding dress 1952, designed by Italian fashion house Sorelle Fontana (who had designed in 1949 for Hollywood star Tyrone Power's bride Linda Christian's wedding dress in their "wedding of the century".) In 1952, while filming Roman Holiday in Italy, Audrey Hepburn was engaged to English business man James Hanson, and she asked Italian fashion house Sorelle Fontana to design the wedding dress for her. But later she called off the wedding and donated the wedding dress to a young Italian woman Amiable Altobella, and the wedding dress was auctioned by Kerry Taylor Auctions in London for over £10,000 in 2009. The wedding dress commissioned by her was made of silk satin in off-white color, featuring a bateau neckline, shirred front, french sleeve and buttoned back. No.2 Audrey Hepburn's third wedding dress 1961 Audrey Hepburn second wedding dress, 1961 designed by Hubert de Givenchy. On 18 January 1969, Audrey Hepburn married Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti in a town hall ceremony in Switzerland. The wedding dress worn by Audrey Hepburn was a funnel-necked long sleeve mini dress in pale pink. She paired the dress with a matching headscarf and a pair of white ballet flats. In 1982, 14 years together, the couple divorced. No.3 Audrey Hepburn's wedding dress in film Funny Face, 1957 Apart from her own wedding dresses, the most iconic wedding dress Audrey Hepburn wore on screen is perhaps the one she wore in film Funny Face as the intellectual girl Jo.
The wedding dress features a full ballerina tutu style full skirt, a dropped waist and a fitting bodice with bateau neckline. Audrey Hepburn paired the Giselle like wedding dress with a short veil which falls behind her shoulder, so she really looks like a ballerina. The wedding dress was designed by Hubert de Givenchy, Hepburn's default costume designer for her films since Sabrina, as well as her favorite designer for her personal wardrobe, and her best friend for decades.
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In 1952, the then young and unknown Audrey Hepburn was cast in Paramount film Roman Holiday directed by William Wyler as Princess Ann, Edith Head the head costume designer of Paramount designed her wardrobe. The Roman Holiday farewell dressIn the closing scene of the movie, Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann held a press conference where she would meet Joe, the reporter she fell in love for the last time. In that scene, she wore a white lace midi dress with a shawl collar, wrap-over bodice and fitted waist, styled with a pearl choker and a Juliet style hat. Paragraph. Cliquer ici pour modifier. From the farewell dress to Oscar dressIn 1954, at the 26th Annual Academy Awards, Audrey Hepburn wore a sleeveless floral lace dress with a belt. It is actually restyled from the Roman Holiday Farewell lace dress by Hubert de Givenchy, by then Audrey Hepburn's favorite designer. Audrey Hepburn won the best actress wearing the dainty lace dress. Here is a video clip of Audrey Hepburn accepted her her Oscar award in the lace dress. In 2011, on November 29, the lace dress was sold at auction for £84,000 by Kerry Taylor, a British auction house.
In 1952, the then young and unknown Audrey Hepburn was cast in Paramount film Roman Holiday directed by William Wyler as Princess Ann, Edith Head the head costume designer of Paramount designed her wardrobe. And among all of her outfits, the white shirt and colored circle skirt ensemble is most iconic outfit Audrey wore in the movie. The ensembleIt's a simple button down long sleeve shirt with undefined shoulder and a separate jabot, and a ankle long circle skirt with belt. As Edith Head explained: "You see, she's supposed to be a princess disguised as an ordinary girl on the streets of Rome. So we made her a simple costume, so she wouldn't look different." The white shirtIn the movie, Audrey Hepburn first wore the ensemble with the shirt sleeves buttoned as she left the embassy palace. As the movie progresses, Audrey Hepburn would wear the shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Edith Head obviously endorsed Audrey wearing the shirt that way even during the screen test: "In the picture, she had to look casual, informal and we felt, due to the heat of Rome in summer, a girl would really do this sort of thing.". Edith Head's more thoughts on designing Audrey Hepburn's this ensemble can be seen in the following video: During Audrey's test, Edith Head has also designed another two alternative jersey blouses for her, one with buttons, another slip on, but later the white shirt was chosen, perhaps as a Princess, the two jersey blouses could be too figure hugging. The circle skirtThe length and silouette The skirt is a circle skirt hitting below Audrey's mid calf, looking conservative and demure. It seems there exists an alternative skirt which Audrey Hepburn wore only for her screen test, one that is a little bit shorter with more volume(Or perhaps she is wearing some petticoat underneath?). The color Blue or Beige? What is the color of Audrey Hepurn's circle skirt in Roman Holiday? Perhaps only Edith Head can answer this question by now. In some pictures, the color is sky blue, but then in another, it looks like a beige. And the doll makers seem like the beige version, and they all have Audrey Hepburn like doll wearing the beige skirt.
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