THE ICON: AUDREY HEPBURN UNFORGETTABLE THEN. IRREPLACEABLE NOW. HER BEAUTY DEFINED AN ERA.
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legance expressed in a single glance. That was Audrey Hepburn. The luminous eyes, the bold brows, the quiet power of restraint—she was, quite simply, exquisite. One of a kind.
A Different Kind of Star With her slender frame and strikingly unusual face, Hepburn stood apart from the Hollywood starlets of the 1950s. At a time when curves and bombshell glamour reigned supreme, she offered a completely different vision of femininity. “With her thin body and unusual face, Hepburn represented differences from the norm for viewers at midcentury in ways that no other actress of the moment did,” says Dr. Steven Cohan, Dean’s Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University and author of On Audrey Hepburn: An Opinionated Guide. “She was an alternative to the big-breasted young stars and starlets of the era, someone women could admire and emulate. She also radiated an impression of transparency and authenticity in her acting
“There is not a woman alive who does not dream of looking like Audrey Hepburn.”
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