Product Description

Everyone, it seems, is a fan of Audrey's. She was Gigi, a princess, Holly Golightly, a nun, Maid Marian, even an angel. And we believed her in every role. But Audrey Hepburn was also one of the most admired and emulated women of the twentieth century, who encouraged women to discover and highlight their own strength. By example, she not only changed the way women dress--she forever altered the way they viewed themselves.

But Audrey Hepburn's beauty was more than skin deep. "You know the Audrey you saw onscreen? Audrey was like that in real life, only a million times better," says designer Jeffrey Banks. For the first time, this style biography reveals the details--fashion and otherwise--that contributed so greatly to Audrey's appeal. Drawing on original interviews with Hubert de Givenchy, Gregory Peck, Nancy Reagan, Doris Brynner, and Audrey Wilder, as well as reminiscences of professional friends like Steven Spielberg, Ralph Lauren, noted Hollywood photographer Bob Willoughby, Steven Meisel, and Kevyn Aucoin, Audrey Style brings the Audrey her family and friends loved to life.

With more than ninety color and black-and-white photographs, many of which have never before been published, and original designer sketches from Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy, Vera Wang, Manolo Blahnik, Alexander McQueen, and others, Audrey Style gives measure to the grace, humor, intelligence, generosity, and inimitable fashion sense that was Audrey Hepburn.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89105 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 235 pages

From Amazon.com
In 1953, When Audrey Hepburn burst onto the screen in Roman Holiday, she forever changed the international ideal of elegance, grace, and beauty. Suddenly, glamour and even sexiness seemed attainable for women everywhere; Audrey was uncommonly beautiful, but she was real--hers was a look anyone could aim for, but few could pull off as effortlessly or effectively. By mixing a few classic elements of "Audrey style"--the little black dress, ballet flats with slim capri pants, bold hats and sunglasses--suburban housewives became more Hollywood than Hoboken in an instant.

Here author Pamela Clarke Keogh introduces us to the woman behind the clothes, using words from friends, fellow actors, and designers who dressed her to paint a picture of a truly remarkable woman. A humanitarian, artist, friend, and above all, survivor, Audrey inspired women and men alike to approach life with spirit, grace, and simplicity. The nearly 100 color and black-and-white photographs, paired with original sketches from such fashion luminaries as Givenchy, Manolo Blahnik, and Vera Wang, show that Audrey was much more than a beautiful, well-dressed personality; her courage and individuality come shining through in every page. --Leah Ball

-- Gregory Peck
"I liked her a lot; in fact, I loved Audrey. It was easy to love

her."

Gregory Peck

"I liked her a lot; in fact, I loved Audrey. It was easy to love her."

Customer Reviews

It's got pretty pictures...
Audrey Style is a stylish, attractive coffee table book. However, it's just that: a coffee table book, best enjoyed by keeping it around (preferably on a coffee table), thumbing through the pictures every so often, and merely skimming the text in a couple of places.

The pictures, of course, are great. After all, they're pictures of Audrey Hepburn! There's an enormous amount of pictures of her at various points in her career, and most of them truly seem to capture the grace, sophistication, and effortless style inherent in Audrey (and apparently missing in the world today.)

The actual writing, though -- the "book" part -- falls short. It's a good read, and you'll learn a thing or two about Audrey, but nowhere is it genuinely insightful or analytical. The book is peppered with anecdotes that will make you think "Oh, how nice!" or "Oh, how funny!" ...but I'd like to think that there was more to Audrey than that.

Too often, the book goes for unneccessary glorification. Every so often, you'll come across a quotation such as this:

"Audrey Hepburn was really great. She was nice and beautiful and stylish and everybody wanted to be like her. There can be no one else like her." -- Someone From Hollywood

Audrey Style is adorned with this sort of fluffy adoration, and even if the praise is due, it gets a little stale after being repeated so often.

I'm also a little disappointed that a book titled "Audrey Style" is more of a biography than an analysis of her style; although the "style" part is present, I would have liked to see much more.

To sum up: it's a good book, but it isn't that profound. The pictures make it worth buying, however; buy it for the pictures, keep it on your coffee table, and be dazzled by the glory that is Audrey. Just don't expect the words to capture her essence nearly so well.

What was it?
Pretty pictures? Check. Text? Check. Quotes? In spades. Depth? Um... hold on.

I bought this book at the disgusting price of $40. For $10 more I could have bought a brand-new Treasures if I hadn't already had it. I expected something, larger, thicker, with more pictures, never-before uncovered facts and what-have-you. But I got pretty much none of that except pictures.

Don't get me wrong, it was a nice book and the pictures were- well there were a couple I hadn't seen, but I've seen a lot. I just don't understand what this book even was! Was it a biography? Well it couldn't have been because it wasn't very in depth. It was like Mrs. Keogh wanted to write a biography about Audrey but she decided to skip over the parts she found boring which was silly.
With a title like, 'Audrey Style', I kind of expected sole analyzation of Audrey's clothing and such. But alas, I can't even tell you what I got. I don't know what hindered Mrs. Keogh from doing that.

She calls it a 'Style Biography', what is that supposed to mean? Could that be any more cryptic? It's either one of the other, really. And she put in all of these stupid stories about fan's encounters with her and such. Half the book was just quotes she ripped and half the time I couldn't tell whether Mrs. Keogh was talking or if I was reading a quote. Yeah we get it, Audrey was better than us and she's everything everyone aspires to be.

There were just too many hyperboles in the book. For example, "Audrey wore the clothes in Sabrina and SHOCKED THE WORLD". I doubt she riveted the world.

Decent book. Morbidly overpriced. I know it's pretty near impossible, but DO NOT pay anything over $20 for this piece of fluff, or you will be sorely disappointed.

A perfect book about a perfect lady
I really like this book-it really shows what an absolutely beautiful lady she was-she certainly was very sensual and sexy.She knew how to project herself without going overboard-
the lady had class and it really showed.There aren't any actresses like Audrey anymore-I really miss her.

I highly recommend getting this book.