Forever Loving Audrey

Audrey Hepburn with Mildred O. Knopf

Audrey Hepburn attending the Academy Awards throughout the years

Audrey Hepburn's sons are waging a legal battle over the right to display memorabilia, according to a lawsuit filed today in L.A. Superior Court. The younger son, Luca Dotti, is the chairman of the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund. According to the suit, the older son, Sean Ferrer, has been interfering in the charity's efforts to exhibit Hepburn memorabilia. Hepburn died in 1993. According to the suit, Ferrer and Dotti — who each live in Italy — jointly own their mother's effects. Shortly after her death, they formed the charitable fund and signed an agreement to donate proceeds from exhibitions to various children's charities. But the lawsuit contends that Ferrer ran into financial difficulties in 2008 and 2009, including a divorce and a burdensome real estate transaction in Italy. In 2012, Ferrer withdrew from the fund's board and Dotti took over as chairman. The following spring, Ferrer sent a notice attempting to block the fund from exhibiting his mother's effects, the lawsuit states.

Audrey Hepburn at the 28th Academy Awards with two "Marty” Oscar winners: Ernest Borgnine (Best Actor) and producer Harold Hecht (Best Picture)

Of all the fashion trail blazers, Audrey Hepburn arguably had the greatest impact. Hepburn, solidified her place in the fashion and film history with her iconic look in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, sporting a black cocktail dress, oversized sunglasses, and elegant pearls. Before that, Hepburn prompted the beatnik look in Funny Face. The actress launched black turtlenecks and black cigarette pants into the public eye. This look would greatly influence the beat generation throughout the fifties and the sixties. Even today, people still sport the beatnik ensembles, although that’s usually because they’re trying to be ironic. 

Disney animators were inspired by European stars when designing Belle’s dress for Beauty and the Beast. Compare it to Audrey Hepburn’s dress in”Roman Holiday” and even the smallest of details are uncanny. And although shot in black and white, publicity photos show that it was yellow.

The cast of Breakfast At Tiffany's takes a break between scenes on a New York street in June 1961. Audrey Hepburn, who played Holly Golightly in perhaps her most famous movie role, is seated at center left.

Watching the Queen ❤️

(-Hubert de Givenchy)

(-Hubert de Givenchy)

Audrey Hepburn in her apartment, Manhattan, NY, June 30, 1954

Audrey Hepburn with Thomas Chelimsky in Charade, 1963.

Audrey Hepburn in London by Bert Hardy