"Moon River" is playing on the radio. Eyes closed. I'm crossing the street. Tiffany's seem so close. And in a blink of an eye I'm dancing surrounded by diamonds. I look at the window and there she is, eating breakfast. She looks calm, clean, simple but chic. She is Audrey Hepburn.
Through her kind eyes I can see someone who trully appreciates life, who is trully happy. I would never guess that when she was my age she was starving in Holland hidden from the Nazis while studying ballet. I would never guess that she had became an actress almost by chance, as she used to say, when her dream of becoming a professional dancer had blown away. She kept accepting parts that she thought she couldn't do and that's how she gained experience and became a remarkable actrice. And there she is smiling at the storefront dressed as Holly Golightly from "Breakfast at Tiffany's", looking beyond ellegant.
Audrey loved clothes so it is no surprise that she had became a style icon. Her name is used as an adjective. We often hear "That is so Audrey!" to describe a clean modern look that is a major influence in the fashion industry. In a time when most actrices such as Marylin Monroe were known from their big skirts, long hair, big chests, she took advantage of her ballerina look. Very early in her life, Audrey became aware of what worked for her type of body. Once she found her style she sticked to it. She wasn't a fashion victim, she wore only what was right for her. She was truthful to her essence and she refused to wear eccentric clothes and high heels. Her partner, Robert Wolders, said that she felt more confortable with polo shirts and jeans, that's what she wore 90% of the time. For an icon she was very pragmatic: she wore shoes half a size bigger than her feet so that she could be more confortable. She always informed about new designers and that's how she found Hubert Givenchy long before he was a famous designer. All the clothes that she wore that were designed by him became iconic like the black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's. They were very closed friends and there is no other muse like Audrey in the history of fashion that had exactly the same vision of the designer.
According to her son, Sean Ferrer, Audrey considered clothes a "armor of love" something that protected her and made her feel good. I think I have never heard a better description of how I feel about clothes. Like her, I believe that they are an extension of who we are. It may not be easy to explain why she stand out with her quite boyish look that was very feminine at the same time, it is something that you just feel when you look at her pictures and when you watch her movies. As she wrote about Tiffany's on a letter "Class doesn't age. A thing of beauty is a joy forever". This perfectly applies to her. As she grow older she didn't lost her sparkle and beauty. Altough she stoped acting she decided to do something more to help others so she worked for UNICEF in the last years of her life- "As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others", she said about that time.
I'm now in the outside of Tiffany's. There is no one in the streets except from Audrey. I'm having tea and eating a croissant and she is looking at me friendly with her big eyes. And in a blink of an eye, she is not there. I'm in New York wearing my favourite trench coat, jeans and red shoes. I try not to blink because it is still a pretty good dream but sooner or later I will have to get back to my room, writing in front of the computer.
The Red Shoes
Audrey Hepburn was a legend in the history of the American cinema and a worldwide fashion icon. She is best known for her roles in Breakfast at Tiffany's among other excellent performances. Your choice is a straightforward testimony of your excellent and refined sense of fashion. Well done!
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