Thursday, December 07, 2006

Audrey Hepburn Dress Fetches Nearly a Million

Breakfast At Tiffany's
The sleeveless black satin Givenchy dress worn by Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in the 1961 film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” sold for a total cost of $922,000 yesterday at a Christie’s auction in London. The dress had been expected to fetch $99,000 to $138,000, The Associated Press reported. Proceeds of the sale, to an unidentified telephone bidder, will go to a charity, City of Joy Aid, to help destitute children in India.