the eternal relevance of Audrey Hepburn

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References:
FASHION MEANS BUSINESS 1947 LOOK AT WORLD FASHION CHRISTIAN DIOR, BERGDORF GOODMAN, VOGUE 56774
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Rebel with a Cause by Alison Fell from the book Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties edited by Liz Heron
Trousers and Tiaras: Growing Up with Audrey Hepburn by Rachel Moseley
"Chi-Chi Cinderella": Audrey Hepburn as Couture Countermodel from the book Precocious Charms: Stars Performing Girlhood in Classical Hollywood Cinema by Gaylyn Studlar
Audrey Hepburn Interview - Barbara Walters ( 1989 )
Audrey Hepburn Tribute | UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Audrey Hepburn by Barry Paris
Edith Head by Jay Jorgensen
Star Gazing: Hollywood Cinema and Female Spectatorship by Jackie Stacey

[sophiedahl]

It frustrates me so much that people pitted marilynn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn against each other! They were both so iconic, in a perfect world their differences would have been celebrated and not critiqued

[Ohhudumn]

Bodies like Marilyn’s are criticized for being too sexual, and bodies like Audrey’s are criticized for looking too boyish and not womanly enough. We can’t win.

[jacquelineosburn]

"Talent. Is what everyone should have been thinking "

[nicolaspabloangellegros]

I think it's also important to mention the radically different social backgrounds that Monroe and Hepburn came from. Marilyn came from a very humble American social background while Hepburn was the daughter of a diplomat, was well travelled, educated and had an impeccable British RP accent. It's no wonder that Monroe was condemned to play sexy dumb blondes to satisfy the male gaze while Hepburn was branded as more classy, elegant and refined.

[miglek]

honestly, I wish Audrey Hepburn was more famous for what she actually did, like her work with UNICEF rather than her aesthetics and women being jealous of other Hollywood stars

[daphneblake]

I'd definitely like a "Why is still relevant?" series where you focus on a different, well-known Old Hollywood actress: Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Rita Hayworth - just to name a few.

[ervinkatie]

I hate how much hate Marilyn Monroe got, I feel like it's how we treated Meghan Fox. Even though neither women did anything wrong, and they were just victims of the men type casting them as sex symbols, it caused other women to hate them.
Also side note, Janet sounded so salty lol

[shockingheaven]

It pisses me off how much the people remember Audrey as a young woman and rarely mention her humanitarian work

[poobit_pespillo]

PLEASEE talk about Marilyn Monroe and how dirty she was done by literally everyone around her, she deserves justice even in death after they let the guy that literally sexually blackmailed her (Hugh Hefner) pay to have his own grave next to her because he was obsessed with her !!!

[Venya]

It's funny how old the standard of classy or later nerdy girl next door vs. sexy dumb blonde trope is. Society loves to pit women against each other, like you have to be one or the other.

[sacred-spring]

imagine choosing Valentio and Ralph Lauren cause you´re "on a budget"

[brynmcclennan]

It's honestly so sad the toxic femininity. Viewing curvy women as hypersexual when they might not be at all, and skinnier women as 'nice' and not sexual at all.

[CamziVonZombie]

I think a lot of the distaste older generations had for Marilyn might be from lack of knowledge, at the time, of who she really was. I imagine if you only knew Marilyn’s films and what tabloids said about her (and add in some of the time sexism), it’s easy to see how people would think of her as “tarty”. The same thing happened to Britney Spears. People love the sexualized villain.

[cecylemonstorm]

Isn't it just so upsetting how everybody back then used to compare Audrey and Marilyn, 2 talented, smart, amazing women, arbitrarily giving them a personality according to their body type? It's sick how a petite body is associated to modesty and an hourglass figure is perceived as vulgar. I mean as for clothes, they both wore what was on trend and fitted them best, which is amazing! Also they were both in an industry dominated by men and had to face it. It's terrible that one wasn't given the support of other women.

[flamboyante._]

The drama with Marilyn and how she was percibe as "The enemy" reminds me to the drama with Megan Fox. Two talented womans hated because of the men view they were put into

[motherrussia]

I feel like something that Marilyn and Audrey both have in common is how detached their genuine personalities and accomplishments have become from the nigh mythical celebrity worship that exists around their imagery. That alone could make for an interesting video, but I hope you'll do something in-depth for Marilyn too! She was an incredible woman under a huge amount of pressure and I feel like her early death gets romanticized a lot more than any real critical examination of what led up to it.

[marialuisasvabvalerio]

As an abnormally skinny girl, Audrey gave me my self esteem back when I was younger. As I grew and learned how sweet she was and the things she did with UNICEF, it impacted me so much. I believe that my decision to become a teacher is related to that. Thanks, Mina. It made me remember why I admire her so.

[em-jddo]

brigitte bardot is the literal embodiment of that meme, "i can excuse racism but i draw the line at animal cruelty".

[citrusskip]

it’s funny because i love audrey hepburn bc of her humanitarianism AND her fashion. growing up and having an early puberty made her physique unattainable for me, but i never really wanted to be built like her. i wanted to find a way to be graceful while also being a bigger black girl bc i never found proper representation of that growing up. she was a gorgeous woman and definitely an inspiration for many. it’s just funny seeing how different backgrounds will change how people view things.

[giuliadanieli]

What's ironic is that Breakfast At Tiffany's was originally written with Marilyn in mind, and Truman Capote (the author of the book) got mad when Audrey was casted because she was the opposite of what he had imagined. Imagining Marilyn as Holly Golightly feels so weird