Barbie Collector # 20355 Audrey Hepburn

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My mother’s VHS tape, fuzzily recorded off TV, was plastered in “do not tape over” warning labels, a defence I might have to explain to someone born 10 years later than I was. Whether it’s glittering costumes or Nineties minimalism, film often uses fashion to dazzle – or even give inspiration for your own wardrobe. This lovely Audrey Hepburn™ in Roman Holiday portrait doll is exquisitely sculpted in the actress’ likeness. These are the first Audrey dolls that Mattel releases after the sought after Breakfast At Tiffany's dolls.

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My father leaving] was the first big blow I had as a child, it was a trauma that left a very big mark on me, it left me insecure for life,” she reveals. Black, sleeveless and made of winkled silk, Audrey Hepburn paired it with a wide-brimmed hat and a pair of black opera gloves. Head and Kelly developed a close friendship that began with Kelly’s small role in ‘The Bridges at Toko-Ri’in 1954. But as the performed it-girl Holly, gradually losing track of her past selves, she’s both movingly fragile – we’d get her wounded wanderlust even if she hadn’t been handed Moon River to sing in a perfect spotlight scene, but it doesn’t hurt – and irresistibly spritzy. She wears a re-creation of the famed black and-white embroidered long gown Sabrina wears upon her entrance into Long Island society.Audrey, a documentary by 26-year-old British film-maker Helena Coan, comes from the producers of the Bafta-nominated McQueen, about the life of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and is packed with revelations about one of the most enduring of all Hollywood’s stars. She was once the most publicly adored woman in the world, yet felt a deep lack of love in her private life.

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Sheoriginally found Hepburn’s figure tricky to design for; Hepburn had suffered from malnutrition during the Second World War and had a small bust, thin armsandprominent collarbones but well developed legs (from ballet dancing). Again it fits her nicely and the skirt looks a lot like her own - albeit in the stiffer fabric better suited to this shape. Head would state that Grace Kelly was herfavourite actress to workwith and the two remained friends even after the star left Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The exhibition is geared towards children and adults alike: it showcases both the iconic toy that spans so many generations and also the historical and sociological context of the various incarnations of Barbie. She dressed the actress in dresses with full skirts to hide her legs, a plain blouse with the sleeves rolled up to camouflage Audrey’s thin arms and used necklaces and scarves to distract attention away from her collarbones.Since then, Mattel has created new Barbie versions of Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Taylor, Misty Copeland, and many more. The Givenchy black dress not only hints at her glamorous personality from the start of the film, but its constant appearance in later scenes, though adorned with different jewels, highlights the change of her mood. As a rural midwesterner whose on-loan uptown chic is a well-wrought disguise, assisting her escape from a life and marriage without adventure, Hepburn’s Holly Golightly is a kind of exaggerated emblem of who we all become – at least for a time – when we move away from home and have the freedom to reintroduce ourselves to the world. Head would follow the clothing directives that Hitchcock placed in the script, tailoringher designs to make Bergman both elegantandbelievable as a spy. Mother wouldn’t stop crying, I would just try and be with her but as a child you can’t quite understand.