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16 April 2013

Audrey Hepburn's Roman Street Style 28 fantastic photos from the 1950s and 60s. The very first one may be my favorite.
Those are awesome.
posted by occhiblu 16 April | 13:37
Gorgeous.
posted by Senyar 16 April | 13:52
I would have thought it'd be the Alfa Romeo, which I didn't know existed. I've only heard of an Alfa Romero.

I always thought that putting Ekberg and Hepburn together was an interesting juxtaposition.
posted by ethylene 16 April | 15:13
A classical beauty.
posted by Splunge 16 April | 15:29
Audrey Hepburn looked like my mom, only nowhere near as pretty.
posted by Hugh Janus 16 April | 17:22
The thing that struck me about all of these photos was that she wore a lot of flats and short heels, which I had never noticed before. Google says she was 5'7" tall - I didn't know that.
posted by youngergirl44 17 April | 10:39
There's something anthropologically interesting about the enduring allure of Audrey Hepburn.
When I see her in Breakfast at Tiffanny's for instance I'm struck how her body seems uncommonly like a young boys. I.e. rather prepubescent.

It's easy to come up with some pop-psych theory: We grow up with ideas of gender from very early on. F.i. my daughter has been fascinated with dresses, tiaras, ballet, pink from the age of about 3. I recall being positively spellbound at an age when I couldn't read by the fire truck and firemen and firefighting gear in Five Little Firemen.
So maybe women are fascinated by the look of Audrey Hepburn because it exemplifies a pre-sexual idea of adult femininity.

And then when we hit puberty we find out that having a ridiculously cool fire engine and fire axe does not result in much wanted recognition from the opposite sex.

(mutatis mutandis for the genderifically non-straight laced)


posted by jouke 18 April | 09:50
Fashion is often a cultural response, ex.: Ekberg vs. Hepburn.

Coming out of a very bombshell heavy era, she was salient and refreshing. Like the neon of the eighties vs the avocado/mustard/tans of the late seventies, volume vs body con. etc. etc.
posted by ethylene 18 April | 10:37
Cute Pygmy Goats || philosophically minded mechazens

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