'Tiffany's' Hepburn dress sells for $807,000



LONDON, England (AP) -- The black Givenchy gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold at auction Tuesday for $807,000.

The price, paid by a telephone bidder, was almost six times the highest pre-sale estimate.

The iconic garment had been expected to fetch between $98,000 and $138,000 as part of a sale of film and television memorabilia at Christie's auction house in London.

Proceeds from the sale will go to the charity City of Joy Aid, which helps India's poor.

Hepburn wore the dress for one of her best-known roles, as eccentric Manhattan socialite Holly Golightly in the 1961 film adaptation of Truman Capote's novel.

The opening scenes of the film show Golightly in the dress emerging from a taxi on 5th Avenue with her brown-bag breakfast to ogle diamonds and luxury goods in the storefront windows of Tiffany & Co.

Images of Hepburn dressed as Golightly -- with gloves, an elaborate pearl choker and trademark cigarette holder -- still endure.



$800,000 for a dress?! Wow.



she is amazingly beautiful though.

holy. shit.

thank god (some of) that money went to charity.

Yeah, I followed the auction. I thought it would go for way more than $800s. If I was of the capability I would have bought it too, I mean that dress supercedes all black dresses. Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly is so iconic it makes me feel oozey.

For a girl, you sound gayer than most gay guys.

I have my moments. ;)

And yeah, I know a zillion girls love that movie but it's still the shit.

i have never seen it. come to think of it, i've never seen any audrey hepburn movie.



(yes, SG, you now have permission to execute me)

you're such a dilettante

No, no Kat! You're like a nascent virgin to her films. I want to hold you and feed you popcorn and make you watch them all.

ooh! can we?!



(intense girl-bonding here...i live with a boy; i miss women)

EDIT: yes, you sombies will take that out of context, won't you?

Next time you're in town. All-nighter.

i'm in too!

but no three-ways, ladies

My ex was utterly obcessed with the iconic staus of this dress. When we went to New York I spent way more money than I should have at a vintage store to buy her a dress much like the Hepburn one and made at the same time. That image is one of the more powerful ones that I've ever encountered. It is a singular vision of sophistication and elegance without a loss of individuality.

Seriously gayest thread ever, haha.

<3

i dunno...the entire neck area looks pretty tacky. didn't work for katherine, didn't work for mr. t.
should be lower imho.

and what's with the 2 diamond studded chipmunks fighting in her hair?

you killed my thread.

Chaaaaaaarrrrraaaaaaaaaade

"I hope we have lots of boys so we can name them all after you!"

what would be the male equivalent of this? The tux that Sean Connery wears in Goldfinger?

Even that, can't really picture it going for 800k

oh yeah, good call

I'm not sure anything in the realm of male fashion could fetch such a price, even the batman suit.

This would get a good deal though


And Even more as part of a collector's set

puddy's magic 8-ball jacket would fetch millions

I'd probably go the white leisure suit worn by Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, but a good part of that outfit's fame is due to the fact that Roger Ebert bought it (don't know if he still owns it, or got rid of it).

Maybe the leather jackets worn by Brando in the wild bunch; James Dean. Still can't imagine any of them fetching that much though.

i haven't either

MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN AN AUDREY HEPBURN MOVIE? Jeebus people - I command you all to go to your Netflix queue and order "Roman Holiday" right. now. And then follow it with some "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

Roman Holidsay is pretty enjoyable.

I'm trying to convince my family that when I come back from Europe they won't recognize me when they try to pick me up at the airpot.

I'm also buying a tiny dog.