Audrey Style - Softcover

Pamela Clarke Keogh

4.15

519 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845134907 ISBN 13: 9781845134907

Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd, 2009

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Audrey Style was first published by Aurum in 2000, and has been selling and reprinting ever since. It quickly established itself not only as a beautiful, covetable item that, once picked up, had to be bought - but also as that rare breed, a book with appeal to many different constituencies and markets. Fans of Audrey Hepburn (of whom there are so many) bought it as a loving tribute to a great film actress and style icon. Fashion and design students bought it as a work of reference and inspiration. Readers of biography bought it as the account of a life that spanned everything from Breakfast at Tiffanys to tireless work for the United Nations. Now Audrey Style is finally republished in paperback, the year after Pamela Clarke Keogh's subsequent Audrey Hepburn book, the delightful What Would Audrey Do?, also published by Aurum, has sold over 10,000 copies in just six months. There are many books about Audrey Hepburn, and a seemingly inexhaustible appetitite for books about her from the bookbuying public. But Audrey Style is one of the classics, and available now to a whole new market. Pamela Clarke Keogh is also the author of What Would Audrey Do? and Jackie Style (both published by Aurum). She divides her time between New York and London.

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Review:

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 Hollyood 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 colour 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, Amazon.com

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‘Filled with testimonials by everyone from a star-struck wardrobe assistant to her equally charmed costars’

(Clarissa Cruz Entertainment Weekly)

‘Audrey Style rekindles the old attraction, reminding us that there was always a spark of mischief under all that class’

(OUT Magazine)

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