AA for Audrey's Auction

Some 35 dresses, gowns, separates and other items of Audrey Hepburn
will be sold at a London auction on December 8 at the largest sale of clothing that belonged to the actress.

Also included in the sale is a wedding dress she never wore, made for her
marriage to James Hanson - which Hepburn called off weeks before it was set to take place.

Hepburn asked that the dress be given away, "to the most beautiful, poor Italian girl you can find - someone who couldn't ever afford a dress like mine" and the recipient - Amabile Altobella - wore it and kept it in her family until it was tracked down by the family of the dress' creators, the Fontanas, in 2002. Humm, such a lucky girl...

Well, here are my personal favorite...

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The Givenchy haute couture white point d'esprit ball gown worn in the opera scene of `Love in the Afternoon', 1956

A herring-bone tweed coat, circa 1956, un-labelled, double-breasted of brown, black and grey flecked wool, re-lined in beige artificial silk, walking her Yorkshire terrier `Famous' who had been a gift of her husband Mel Ferrer when Audrey was filming `Love in the Afternoon' in 1956

The ivory satin bridal gown designed by the Fontana Sisters for her marriage to James (later Lord) Hanson in 1952 which did not take place.

The Givenchy haute couture black chantilly lace cocktail dress, worn in `How to Steal a Million', 1966

NYC auction premiere


now i know what i want for this December.. bid baby bid...

sources reuters, vogue, kerrytaylorauctions