By the mid-1980s and early 1990s, the straw hat tuned in to a new mood of empowered elegance. Enter Meryl Streep's tonal wardrobe in Out of Africa (1985); Julia Roberts’s polka-dot co-ord at the races in Pretty Woman (1990); Stacey Dash’s statement monochrome rose-embellished top hat in Clueless (1995); and Madonna’s latticed look, expertly angled, in Evita (1996). This one-of-a-kind hat can be used as part of an Audrey Hepburn costume assembly but is also perfect for any elegant daytime or outdoor occasions such as weddings, horse races, high tea, etc. Fu, Joanna. "Style File: Audrey Hepburn". Vogue HK. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022 . Retrieved 5 March 2022.

Gitlin, Martin (2009). Audrey Hepburn: A Biography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-35945-3. Occasion: Perfect for summer weddings, horse races, beach holidays and any occasion requiring extra dose of glamor and elegance

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Woodward, Ian (31 May 2012). Audrey Hepburn: Fair Lady of the Screen. Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4481-3293-5. He said, “She had this ability to make everyone who met her feel that she was really seeing them, and recognizing what was special about them. Even if it was just in the course of the few moments that it takes to sign an autograph and a program. There was a state of grace about her. Somebody who is seeing the best in a situation, seeing the best in people.”

Wasson, Sam (22 June 2010). Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Dawn of the Modern Woman. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-200013-2. In the opening street scene outside Tiffany’s jewellery shop, you can still see Hepburn’s eyes despite the large, lightly tinted, greenish sun lenses. Presumably, this detail was for the benefit of the viewer so her expression and eye movements were still visible, especially in the weak morning light.Audrey Hepburn's work for the world's children honoured". unicef.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017 . Retrieved 8 May 2013. Dutch Girl' shows Audrey Hepburn's wartime courage". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023 . Retrieved 7 January 2023. She had been offered the scholarship already in 1945, but had had to decline it due to "some uncertainty regarding her national status". [44]

Moonan, Wendy (22 August 2003). "ANTIQUES; To Daddy Dearest, From Audrey". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 25 August 2018 . Retrieved 29 March 2021. a b c d "Audrey Hepburn's UNICEF Field Missions". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016 . Retrieved 22 December 2013.Later that year, Hepburn moved to London after accepting a ballet scholarship with Ballet Rambert, which was then based in Notting Hill. [48] [d] She supported herself with part-time work as a model, and dropped "Ruston" from her surname. After she was told by Rambert that despite her talent, her height and weak constitution (the after-effect of wartime malnutrition) would make the status of prima ballerina unattainable, she decided to concentrate on acting. [49] [50] [51] While Ella worked in menial jobs to support them, Hepburn appeared as a chorus girl [52] in the West End musical theatre revues High Button Shoes (1948) at the London Hippodrome, and Cecil Landeau's Sauce Tartare (1949) and Sauce Piquante (1950) at the Cambridge Theatre. Also, in 1950, she worked as a dancer in an exceptionally "ambitious" revue, Summer Nights, at Ciro's London, a prominent nightclub. [53]

Sharkey, Linda (27 April 2015). "Audrey Hepburn is officially Britain's style icon – 22 years after her death". The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018 . Retrieved 24 August 2017. Hepburn met her second husband, Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti, on a Mediterranean cruise with friends in June 1968. She believed she would have more children and possibly stop working. [128] [129] They married on 18 January 1969, and their son Luca Andrea Dotti was born on 8 February 1970. [130] While pregnant with Luca in 1969, Hepburn was more careful, resting for months before delivering the baby via caesarean section. Hepburn suffered a miscarriage in 1974. [130] From 1980 until her death, Hepburn was in a relationship with Dutch actor Robert Wolders, the widower of actress Merle Oberon. [39] She had met Wolders through a friend during the later years of her second marriage. In 1989, she called the nine years she had spent with him the happiest years of her life, and stated that she considered them married, just not officially. [133] Illness and death [ edit ] Hepburn's grave in Tolochenaz, Switzerlanda b "Audrey Is a Hit". Life. 10 December 1951. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023 . Retrieved 24 August 2017.