Filmland Follies

            I recently watched Sabrina for the first time and fell in love with the costumes (which is easy to do when they're designed by Edith Head and worn by Audrey Hepburn). The most famous gown from the film is the one I'm analyzing for this article - my fourth Dress in Detail! If you haven't read my others, you can check out the Scarlett O'Hara dress , the "I Don't Care" dress , and the "Never Gonna Dance" dress here!               Audrey Hepburn is well-known for her status as a fashion icon. She regularly worked with European fashion houses, and her stardom helped launch some of these designers to the same level of fame. Audrey's tendency to favor these expensive foreign designers sometimes caused friction with her costume designers, which is exactly what happened on the set of Sabrina .                Edith Head was the official costume desi...

              Audrey Hepburn. In Paris. Wearing a wardrobe designed by Givenchy, and jewelry by Cartier. The opening credits are enough to sell How to Steal a Million , and it's a film that lives up to its credits! The movie is part comedy, part romance, and part suspenseful, million-dollar art heist.               The film centers around Nicole Bonnet, daughter of a wealthy art collector. Nicole's father has just sold one of his pieces in a major auction, but instead of being proud, she's upset - because her father is actually an art forger. He replicates the style of famous painters to make "undiscovered" masterpieces which he sells for hundreds of thousands. Nicole scolds her father and reminds him that what he's doing is illegal, but he won't listen. (And Nicole won't report him, probably because he's her dad, but maybe also because they live in a mansion and her whole wardrobe is Givenchy, an...