- Screen icon Audrey Hepburn's lucky dress that she wore to collect her Oscar for Roman Holiday is set to go under the hammer.
- Hepburn originally wore the ivory lace gown in the final scenes of 1953 movie but she fell in love with it and got another version adapted specially for her by legendary studio designer Edith Head.
- For her Oscar appearance, Hepburn had the bodice altered so that it cut straight across at the front, plunging low at the back with spaghetti straps.
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Screen icon Audrey Hepburn's lucky dress that she wore to collect her Oscar for Roman Holiday is set to go under the hammer.
Hepburn originally wore the ivory lace gown in the final scenes of 1953 movie but she fell in love with it and got another version adapted specially for her by legendary studiodesigner Edith Head.
For her Oscar appearance, Hepburn had the bodice altered so that it cut straight across at the front, plunging low at the back with spaghetti straps.
The lace dress will be auctioned later this month with a guide price of 40,000 to 60,000 pounds, the Daily Mail reported.
In her Oscar-winning role, Hepburn played a runaway princess who toured the Italian capital on a scooter with Gregory Peck.
It was one of Head's last major projects for Hepburn, as the petite actress met couturier Hubert de Givenchy in Paris soon after. Head was the official costume designer for herfilm Sabrina but Givenchy also supplied a number of dresses.
When that year's Oscars were announced, however, Head was given credit for the costumes, leaving Givenchy furious.
From then on, Hepburn had it written into her contract that only Givenchy would be allowed to design her costumes.
But Hepburn adored her ivory gown and called it her "lucky dress".
The actress gave the dress to her mother Ella van Heemstra, who in turn gave it to a friend living in America where she had gone to stay.
Hepburn originally wore the ivory lace gown in the final scenes of 1953 movie but she fell in love with it and got another version adapted specially for her by legendary studiodesigner Edith Head.
For her Oscar appearance, Hepburn had the bodice altered so that it cut straight across at the front, plunging low at the back with spaghetti straps.
The lace dress will be auctioned later this month with a guide price of 40,000 to 60,000 pounds, the Daily Mail reported.
In her Oscar-winning role, Hepburn played a runaway princess who toured the Italian capital on a scooter with Gregory Peck.
It was one of Head's last major projects for Hepburn, as the petite actress met couturier Hubert de Givenchy in Paris soon after. Head was the official costume designer for herfilm Sabrina but Givenchy also supplied a number of dresses.
When that year's Oscars were announced, however, Head was given credit for the costumes, leaving Givenchy furious.
From then on, Hepburn had it written into her contract that only Givenchy would be allowed to design her costumes.
But Hepburn adored her ivory gown and called it her "lucky dress".
The actress gave the dress to her mother Ella van Heemstra, who in turn gave it to a friend living in America where she had gone to stay.
