Audrey Hepburn is a legendary actress of the 20th century, considered an icon of style. She is imitated to this day. Her legacy was a large collection of dresses, accessories, shoes. What was the fate of Audrey Hepburn's dress?
On December 8, the English auction house Kerry Taylor in conjunction with Sotheby's held auctions, which were exhibited 40 items of the wardrobe of the great actress. In addition, with a hammer went rare letters, in which the actress talks about her first steps in the cinema.
Total managed to gain 268.3 thousand pounds, which is about 440 thousand dollars. This amount is twice the estimated revenue. Half of the funds that were received during the auction will go to the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund for Children Audrey Hepburn and to the fund of the UNICEF international organization. Part of the money will go to the development of the project "Schools for all children."
All dresses by Audrey Hepborn have an interesting history. All of them were worn by the actress both in life and in cinema. The outfits of this romantic actress were all women of the world. Most of the dresses of Audrey Hepburn belonged to her friend Tanya Star-Busman. Their friendship lasted more than 15 years. And all this time the famous actress gave her outfits to her friend. To the doors of Thani were constantly flocking packages with magnificent suits and accessories. They were small black dresses, and dresses that were used when shooting films, and coats and hats. Tanya Star-Busman herself admitted that each time she opened the next box, she felt like a little girl in front of a Christmas tree. Among such "Christmas" gifts were dresses from Valentino, outfits from beloved designer Audrey Hepburn - Hubert de Givenchy, a hat in which the actress starred for Vogue magazine.
The most important item was the wedding dress by Audrey Hepburn. This dress has a very interesting story. He was sewn for Audrey in the Roman workshop of his sisters Giovanna, Zoya and Michel Fontana. At that time, the actress starred in the film "Roman holidays". But the wedding with businessman James Hanson never took place. The actress broke the engagement two weeks before the solemn event. But the dress itself was given to "the most beautiful poor Italian girl that you can only find." Amabilia AltoBella put it on only once, and all the rest of the time hung in the closet. And only in 2002, the last of the sisters Fontana - Mikol managed to find this dress. And the Italian peasant woman gave it to the actress's fund. And at the last auction, the outfit was sold for 13.8 thousand pounds sterling, this is about 22.6 thousand dollars.
Most of all money was received for a black lace dress from beloved couturier actress Hubert Zivanshi. In 1966, in this dress, Audrey Hepburn appeared in one of the scenes of the famous film "How to Steal a Million". An anonymous buyer laid out for this dress £ 60, which is almost 100 thousand dollars. This amount is three times more than the starting price.
Among the exhibited at the auction were other "movie" stars. These are the dresses in which Audrey starred in such films as "Love in the Afternoon," "Two on the Road," "Paris, When It's Hot." In the main, these dresses were worn by Audrey Hepburn in the fifties and sixties of the last century.
In general, the things of a great actress do not appear so often at auctions. Therefore, they always attract close attention. For example, at the auction held in 2006, one of the dresses Audrey Hepburn went under the hammer for 467 thousand pounds sterling. It was a black dress from Hubert Zivanshi. In this dress, the actress starred in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany." And in 2007, a pink cocktail dress, in which the actress appeared in the same movie, was sold for 192 thousand dollars.
These are the dresses of Audrey Hepburn and their history. They served not only their famous hostess, but also today they are of benefit, they serve charitable purposes.