Givenchy’s black gown worn in the film was sold in an auction at Christies for £467,200 in 2006 and the outfit made famous by Ms. This iconic look has influenced style from inside the pages of Vogue to the red carpet. Victoria Beckham, Sarah Jessica Parker and Penelope Cruz have at some point given themselves a Breakfast at Tiffany’s makeover. Half a century after the film has been released, Holly Golightly’s elegant style is still being referenced. Stiff constructed dresses, clinched in at the waist to compliment the likes of Marilyn Monroe, were sidelined by Hollywood’s leading ladies for simple shift dresses just like the ones Hepburn wore in the film. The dresses worn by Hepburn popularised a new silhouette for the modern woman that was a direct contrast to the look at the time. It’s the perfect piece of clothing to suit all shapes and sizes.
Givenchy’s gown, worn by Hepburn in the film, is an iconic costume piece that helped to make the little black dress an essential item in every woman’s closet.įashion director Clare Coulson of Harper’s Bazaar believes, ‘The simplest - and sometimes even cheapest - LBD will make you look classic, chic and elegant.’ If you were wondering what kind of impact this scene had on fashion, the evidence is probably in your wardrobe. Then she shimmied down New York City’s 5th Avenue dressed in a chic black full-length gown complete with black gloves, supersized black sunglasses, a pearl necklace and a tiny tiara perched atop of her blonde-streaked beehive.Īnd just like that, Audrey Hepburn, the style icon was born. Store, peers through the window at the glistening jewels and tucks into her croissant and coffee breakfast? Who could forget the opening scene of Breakfast at Tiffany’s where Holly exits a taxi outside the Tiffany & Co. Among the mermaid gowns, a midnight blue cord-embroidered sleeveless top and matching evening skirt stood out for the way the look said, “I’m an ingenue,” rather than, “I’m a diva.” We all know Posen can bring the drama insouciance could turn out to be a growth market for him.įifty years ago Audrey Hepburn captivated audiences as Holly Golightly in one of the most stylish films in Hollywood history. Some of his jackets read a bit too Old Hollywood, and a couple of the gowns were too hobbling, but young Hollywood will be charmed by a lot of what was on display here. With the accent firmly on the waist, he paired narrow, elongated jackets with high armholes with pencil skirts, and whipped up party dresses with flaring, knee-length hems. If corsets aren’t your friends, ladies, this designer is not the man for you.
Posen focused on cut and fit-the more precise, the better. On the contrary: The well-executed dresses and gowns he put on his runway tonight reminded some in the audience of the designer’s early-aughts glory days. He neither overplayed nor tempered his creative instincts today, as he had in his first and second seasons, respectively, in Paris.
But this prodigal-son story has a happy ending. The designer famously left his hometown for the City of Light a year ago, declaring, in so many words, that a Paris audience would understand his clothes better.
The terrace of Avery Fisher Hall as dusk descended over Lincoln Center was the grand setting Zac Posen chose for his return to New York fashion week.
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