Bonnie Lautenberg’s new exhibition at the Boca Museum of Modern Art considers the connections between the film and art worlds, with some astonishing pairings […]
Boca Raton exhibition considers connections between film and art
July 14, 2022/12.58
Tag: Audrey Hepburn
Hubert de Givenchy, couturier, passes away aged 91
March 12, 2018/18.03
LVMH Paramount Above, from top: Hubert de Givenchy, the founder of the Givenchy label. His most famous design, Audrey Hepburn’s little black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Hubert de Givenchy, the couturier and designer, has passed away aged 91, his family announced on Monday. Givenchy, or formally Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy, […]
Style this week: the Audrey Hepburn look—wherever you’re going, I’m going your way
January 20, 2014/4.26
The concept for this week’s style profile began while I was shoe shopping at local Wellington-based store, Shoezies. This shop is full of exquisitely made, usually hand-crafted, European brand shoes. I came across these forest green, sling-back, pointy-toe, kitten heels and fell in love. I am celebrating the comeback of kitten heels as they are […]
Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dress sells for £43,200, exceeding auction estimates
November 30, 2011/3.18
Mischa Richter/Universal Island Records Above Amy Winehouse as she appeared on the cover of Back to Black in 2006. The late singer Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dress, designed by Disaya Sorakraikitikul, has exceeded all estimates, going under the hammer at Kerry Taylor Auctions for £43,200. The higher estimate for the dress was originally […]
Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black and Audrey Hepburn’s Roman Holiday dresses to be auctioned
November 28, 2011/23.45
Kerry Taylor Auctions Above left Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dress, designed by Disaya Sorakraikitikul. Above right Audrey Hepburn’s Roman Holiday ivory lace gown, designed by Edith Head. The late Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dress is the most talked-about item at Kerry Taylor Auctions, and is expected to raise up to £20,000 for the […]
Marilyn Monroe’s Seven-Year Itch dress breaks record at auction
June 21, 2011/3.53
Debbie Reynolds has sold Marilyn Monroe’s “subway dress”, which the late actress wore in The Seven-Year Itch, earning $4·6 million. The collector paid over $5½ million once fees were included, as part of Reynolds’ auction of her private collection of Hollywood memorabilia. She had collected the items over 40 years. The dress was […]
Nuptials are in the air as new book, Weddings and Movie Stars, released
May 8, 2011/5.43
John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images Ernst Haas/Getty Images Above Brigitte Bardot, and the wedding of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, are among the topics covered in Reel Art Press’s Weddings and Movie Stars, already released in the UK and awaiting release in the US mid-month. Reel Art Press is releasing a movie lover’s 288 pp. encyclopædia […]
Renault gets sexy with Dita von Teese and Rihanna joining Thierry Henry in Clio TVC
February 7, 2011/13.47
It’s not exactly Nicole and Papa as Renault went arty with its new Clio commercial on Sunday during ITV1’s Dancing on Ice. Rihanna, Dita von Teese and Thierry Henry star in its latest campaign, which also features Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando in footage, and a reference to David Bowie. The commercial aims […]
Alexandra Owen premières her Little Black Dress brand
December 5, 2010/10.59
Sopheak Seng Above The Alexandra Owen Little Black Dress models, in a tableau style. Below Designer Alexandra Owen. Jack Yan The little black dress has long been a wardrobe staple for every woman. From Chanel, to Givenchy for Audrey Hepburn and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the allure, sophistication and chic of a little black dress […]
Love from London opens at Getty Images Gallery
August 27, 2010/11.26
Douglas Rimington/Detune Photography The Getty Images Gallery is a small gallery just off Oxford Street in London. Although I say small, this in no way refers to the images that it contains within. Getty’s reputation alone was most likely why, despite the dark, rainy night, it seemed most of the several hundred invited guests all […]
