Audrey Hepburn: How Givenchy Created Her Iconic Style

Audrey Hepburn became one of the most recognizable style icons of the 20th century, but her elegance was never simply a matter of beautiful clothes. Her image represented a different idea of femininity — lean, youthful, restrained, and modern — at a moment when Hollywood was dominated by a very different kind of glamour. In this video, we explore how Audrey Hepburn developed her distinctive style, from her early ballet training and Roman Holiday to her extraordinary collaboration with Hubert de Givenchy. Their partnership produced some of the most memorable fashion images in cinema and helped establish a visual language that still shapes the way we think about elegance today. We look at the little black dress, Audrey’s preference for clean silhouettes, flats, cropped trousers, scarves, and simple accessories, her transformation in Funny Face, and the contrast between the Hepburn image and the bombshell ideal of 1950s Hollywood. More importantly, we ask why this apparently simple style became so influential — and why it has survived long after the fashions around it disappeared. 00:00 Audrey Hepburn: From Wartime Europe to Hollywood 01:00 From Ballet to Roman Holiday 01:50 How Audrey Hepburn Created Her Signature Style 02:28 Audrey Hepburn & Hubert de Givenchy 03:07 Funny Face (1957): Fashion, Beauty & Transformation 04:35 Audrey Hepburn’s Personal Style: Flats, Scarves & Simplicity 05:23 How Audrey Hepburn Influenced Fashion 06:01 Audrey Hepburn vs. 1950s Hollywood Glamour