Just Being Audrey ($16.99) is published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of Harper Collins.Ĭlick here for a review of Fifth Avenue, 5 a.m., another book about Audrey Hepburn. 1 of 3 Hannah Elliott/Margaret Cardillo Just Being. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Just Being Audrey is a children's book about Audrey Hepburn, written by Margaret Cardillo and illustrated by Julia Denos. Her drawings are sweet without being childish they communicate Hepburn's innate elegance in a simple, fresh way. Find Just Being Audrey by Cardillo, Margaret at Biblio. Illustrator Julia Denos rendered many of Hepburn's famous dresses-the LBD from Breakfast at Tiffany's, the leopard hat and tangerine coat from Charades, the white-and-black derby gown and parasol from My Fair Lady-with just the right mix of realism and whimsy. It became her full-time job."įor better or worse, Hepburn's status as a fashion icon eclipses her charity work, as the drawings in this book attest. That was really a new thing-not just lending your name, but lending your full self. "She was out in the countries briefing the women, the mothers, and holding the children. "This woman was so popular for all the very obvious reasons, and then, along with that popularity, she was one of the first people to lend her name, herself, to charity," Cardillo says. Cardillo spends several pages detailing Hepburn's work as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and calls Hepburn's 1989 address to Congress her "finest performance." Hepburn set the standard for the Jane Fondas and Angelina Jolies who would come after her.
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