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La Dame aux Camélias (Alexandre Dumas), by Louis Icart (1938)

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Audrey Hepburn at Villa Bethania, a villa located within the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland, in 1954.

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A pink diamond that belonged to Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, and which may have been part of Marie Antoinette's collection before the revolution. The current owner had the piece re-set by Joel Arthur Rosenthal ("JAR") into this current setting. Set to be auctioned by Christie's.

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Photo by Igor Gnevashev (1980s)

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Dupion silk 18th Century Gown by L'Armoirede Mathilde, modeled by Bérénice.

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Delores Browne, Judy Cuyjet, and Frances Jimenez, black ballerinas and students at the Judimar School.

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Marilyn Monroe during a photoshoot with Cecil Beaton, 1956.

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Lana Turner in Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

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Fairy puff! Postcard from my collection, mailed 1912.

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"Panty" en fine résille rose de polyamide et polyuréthane mélangés et "Culotte" en tulle synthétique rose pâle réhaussée d'une fleur brodée de Marc Bohan pour Christian Dior (circa 1961-70) à l'exposition "Christian Dior, Le Génie d'un Créateur" présentée à la villa "Les Rhumbs", Musée Christian Dior à Granville, août 2023.

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(by the_colorful_colonial)

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) Dir. Bharat Nalluri

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When Audrey Hepburn died at the age of sixty-three, she left behind one final surprise—an empty closet. Where were the designer originals worth tens of thousands of dollars? The world-famous little black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany's? Why did Audrey Hepburn, of all people, have a nearly empty closet with nary a couture gown in sight?

The answer proved both simple and profound. During her last ten years, Audrey Hepburn ruthlessly pared away at her life until only the absolute essentials remained. Hollywood? Not interested. Fashion shows? Thank you, but no. There was simply no need for Givenchy gowns when trekking across Africa on behalf of the starving children of the world.

In truth, if anyone had been paying strict attention to the substance beneath her dazzling surface, they would have seen an indication of her ultimate direction as far back as 1959's The Nun's Story; speaking to her castmate Patricia Bosworth, she had explained: "I love fashion, you know. Really love it. But fashion has nothing to do with me." At which point, recalled Bosworth, Audrey touched her heart and emphasized: "The me in here. . . . the private me, the interior me —inside I'm not fashionable at all." - Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty

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Boehmer et Bassenge, $15 Million, South Sea Pearl Necklace with a 92.15 carat Heart Shaped Diamond

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The Goldwyn Follies (1938) dir. George Marshall