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# Classic Oscars Gowns: Audrey Hepburn Wins in 1954
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/classic-oscars-outfits-audrey-hepburn-wins-in-1954-04-2021/
- Published: 2021-04-22T14:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-22T21:12:54.000Z
- Description: In Givenchy.
- Author: Heather
- Tags: fugs, Givenchy, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:15

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The lore has it that Audrey Hepburn in 1953 headed to Paris to acquire clothes by Balenciaga for her role in *Sabrina* \-- but the designer sent her off to the new atelier of his former student, Hubert de Givenchy, who thought he was meeting Katharine Hepburn. The result was a professional association that saw Audrey wearing his clothes in not just *Sabrina*, but *Breakfast at Tiffany's*, *Funny Face*, *Love in the Afternoon*, *Charade*, *Paris When it Sizzles*, and *How To Steal a Million*. One wonders if Cristobal Balenciaga regretted that pass, because not only did their relationship make a legend of the Givenchy name and aesthetic, but Hubert also got the chance to be part of Audrey's Oscar. He took an Edith Head original that was made for *Sabrina* and turned it into the white frock that Hepburn wore to accept her award for *Roman Holiday* \-- a dress that has topped a lot of all-time Oscars lists, is considered among the most iconic in history, and was the first time viewers had seen her in Givenchy (*Sabrina* didn't come out until after the 1954 Oscars). They were so closely associated thereafter, for so long, that [The New York Times referred to their professional and personal friendship as "the original Brand Ambassadors.](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/fashion/hubert-de-givenchy-audrey-hepburn-designer-muse.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)" It's true, and as that piece notes, in many ways it exposes what feels shallow about today's partnerships. So many of them are money-driven, or based solely on notoriety and who is of-the-moment. The pairings can seem hollow, and at times inorganic. Hepburn and Givenchy happened naturally, and they evolved together -- she was the face of his perfume not because of who she is, but because he created it for her -- through a full forty years of platonic partnership, until her death in 1993\. Hubert passed in 2018, hopefully after having locked himself in a castle somewhere for enough years that he never saw what frequent horrors Riccardo Tisci (and at times Clare Waight Keller) wrought in his name.

Anyway, we might as well have a look at a couple of Audrey's other Oscars frocks while we're here. We can never have too much Hepburn.

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