AUDREY HEPBURN - HEPBURN'S DRESSES GO UNDER THE HAMMER

HEPBURN'S DRESSES GO UNDER THE HAMMER

A collection of AUDREY HEPBURN's most glamorous dresses is set to be auctioned in London next month (Dec09).
The Breakfast At Tiffany's icon passed on many of her movie costumes to pal Tanja Star-Busmann, who has decided to put 36 designer items dating from 1953 until the late 1960s under the hammer.
Buyers can bid for lots including a Givenchy silk gown, which was worn by the actress in Paris When It Sizzles, and a lace cocktail dress from How To Steal A Million.
And superfans can even get their hands on a very personal Hepburn outfit - the wedding dress she had designed for her planned marriage to British Lord, James Hanson. The actress later gave away the gown to a poor Italian girl when she cancelled her nuptials.
A series of letters describing her rise to movie stardom will also be up for grabs.
The sale will take place at Kerry Taylor Auctions on 8 December (09) in the British capital, with 50 per cent of the proceeds raised going to The Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.
In May (09), a rare stamp bearing the image of Hepburn smoking was sold for a staggering $93,800 (£62,530) at an auction in Germany.