How To Steal A Million - Best Audrey Fashion?

I take your Funny Face watching and raise you a How To Steal A Million. Yeah, Funny Face has the fantastic awesomeness of Fred Astaire. (can't act, can't sing, can dance a little?!) There's also some superb fashion moments, I do love the make over Audrey gets at the start and the oh-so-beat-poet all black outfit of the cafe scene.
But on the other hand, How To Steal... has Peter O'Toole looking devilishly handsome in a tux and an entire masterclass in 60s styling. The asymmetric hair cut! The white bubble helmet and groovy white sunglasses! The outfit to meet Mr O'Toole and entice him to steal the statue - black lace dress complete with huge eyes smothered in glitter behind a black lace pirate mask. Absolute perfection.

Don't get me wrong, I love Funny Face and Breakfast at Tiffany's as much as the next girl. However, How To Steal... is just that little bit cooler, more out there in terms of fashion. Then again, I've never really got the concept of "classic fashion". Whoever wants to blend in and look like everyone else when we could wear masks as evening dress?

This week I watched Funny Face, the classic movie with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. I can think of no other woman that embodies both fashion, style, grace and poise. And so she is the perfect woman to mention in our opening blog.

The film follows Jo Stockton (Hepburn) as she is immersed in the wonderful world of fashion - travelling to Paris and (insert cliche here) getting a make-over along the way. Perhaps one of Hepburn's most stylish movies, the costumes all created, of course, by Givenchy. After watching I had no choice but to decide to go as Hepburn for Halloween. Not the typical choice no, but who wants to dress as a witch? Matted hair? No thanks!

Little black dresses? Diamond Tiaras? Skirt suits? Knee length gloves? Ked trainers, even? Oooh everyone loves a little bit of Audrey!

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