A Guide on How to Dress Like Style Icon Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn is a style icon whose timeless beauty still rivals that of any Hollywood starlet to come after her. She made the color black chic and the little black dress a fashion staple. She took the beatnik look mainstream and made women wish for Givenchy. Find out how to dress in Audrey Hepburn's casual style.

How to Dress Like Audrey Hepburn with the Skinny Pant

In the movie Funny Face and off screen, Audrey Hepburn's slim figure could be seen in a pair of skinny pants. Whether they were cropped or full length these simple pants are classic Hepburn. Neiman Marcus has a pair of skinny cropped pants that come in black, white or khaki. These pants are regularly priced at $95.00; however as of the date this article was written these stylish Hepburn-esque pants are on sale for only $33.00.

Dress like Audrey Hepburn with a Turtleneck or Boatneck Top

Hepburn's beatnik chic was topped off with a black turtleneck to match her skinny, black cropped pants. However, Audrey Hepburn was always one to influence a look, as her chic sense of style influence the avant garde beatnik look of the 1950s. Incorporate a long turtleneck in black or even infuse a shock of color with She Said's Turtleneck Tunic in thunderbolt blue sold at JCPenny for $30.00. Or if you want to stick to simple colors the skinny cropped pant in white paired with Charlotte Russe's Metallic Striped Boatneck Top in ivory is an ideal choice to dress like Audrey Hepburn. This simple yet stylish top is only $12.99.

Finishing Touches for Dressing Like Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was not a woman to wear jewelry often in her day to day and she preferred flats over heels because she felt she was too tall. Hepburn also was not prone to wear a lot of makeup outside of playing a role or doing a magazine layout. Looking at Audrey Hepburn off screen you will find that one feature was always played up. She either wore dark eyes with heavy line eyeliner creating a cat-eye look with pale lips or she donned red lips with pale eyes. Her hair was usually styled in a chignon. Her younger years showed cropped hair a la her role in Sabrina.

Dressing like Audrey Hepburn really, is to know yourself and embrace what makes you different. Hepburn would not pluck or shave her thick eyebrows, she refused to cap her teeth and she knew she did not have the curvy figure of many Hollywood actresses in her day. Hepburn dressed to suit herself and all of her quirkiness. To dress like Audrey Hepburn heed the style icon's advice, "You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don't try to hide them. Instead, develop something else."

Cited Source

Famous Women and Beauty. (2009). Quote from Hepburn in Audrey Hepburn Style. Retrieved 2009, from Famous Women and Beauty: http://www.famous-women-and-beauty.com/audrey-hepburn-style.html