Black Lace and Givenchy
By BarbaraAnne
The wedding gown Hubert de Givenchy designed for Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina (1954) stunned the fashion world. The strapless gown was the first to have black lace embellishments and embroidered black-and-white flowers on white organdy. Floral templates both stand alone and are linked by chains to form a heirarchy of design balance.
For me, the process is as interesting as the result. Here are pictures of Jean Paul Gaultier‘s ateliers preparing a similar black floral template. Using generations-old embroidery skills, Givenchy’s workshop must have used the same process to bring Audrey Hepburn’s visionary gown to the world.
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3 Responses to Black Lace and Givenchy
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+Susan Maxwell Schmidt
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Loosely wrapped, creative, nocturnal, eternally blue, reclusive, eccentric, obsessive perfectionist... in other words, an artist.
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This is my absolute favorite movie gown of all time. When Sabrina makes her entrance at the Larabee’s party in her Givenchy, it’s no wonder no one could take their eyes off her, nor that Bogey arranged for David to have his “accident” so he could take his place at his planned meeting with Hepburn at the “indoor tennis court.” I can still hear the strains of “Isn’t it Romantic” playing as I type this.
When I was a very little girl I used to play a game with my father in which every time I saw a gown I loved in a movie on TV I would tell him to “add that one to the list” of all the gowns he was going to buy me when I grew up. Imagine my disappointment when I realized that was never going to happen, LOL! At least there’s proof my fashion obsession started early ;)
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There are so many Audrey Hepburn outfits to do. I haven’t even gotten to Grace Kelly’s dresses yet. I have memorized every single one of them. :-)