What would Audrey do...?

Often when I’m clothes shopping or dressing up for a night out, I think to myself “What would Audrey do?”

Miss Heburn has been voted as the most naturally beautiful and elegant women year after year in countless magazine, newspaper and website polls, even now, with a media saturated with "perfect" prototypes, we still vote for Audrey over anyone in todays limelight. She was always glowing, and even she described her look as simple. Many people mistake "Audrey fashion" as the look you see in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (her worst film might I add) and this is totally off! If you look through photos of her off-screen, Hepburn loved to dress in simple sleek outfits, often a lot of black or comfortable flowing skirts, flats and scarves.

No, I’m not one of the countless overweight retro girls dressing backwards in time. I just question the over-complication we put into our appearances these days and with countless fads backed up by what can only be considered an over-PRed fashion industry, more and more women are dressing in ways that rather than enhance their beauty, actually makes them look worse.

Every newspaper, magazine and website that I either read or end up failing to avoid tells me the next “in” thing; from Platform heels to block colours to neon eye-shadow. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am aware that many of these looks are nothing new and can often be dated back to a very sexy care free 1970’s generation but what gets me is how un-care free this look has become.

Suddenly we’re spending hundreds of pounds to achieve looks that outdate faster than you can pay back your credit card bill.

Funnily enough, in an attempt to prove a point in this article, I sat down with a stunning photo of my fashion icon, Audrey (we’re on first name basis now don’t you know), and attempted to “modernise” her look (badly with little to no understanding of illustrator.) Some how, this… this… doll!!! manages to outshine any hideous transformation I try to put her through, therefore rendering my entire article null and void. I probably shouldn’t post this at all considering my best pal Audrey has put me to shame… but that would mean all this typing and illustration was a waste of time;

And I don’t like wastes of time.

Damn you Miss Hepburn and your perfectness!

p.s. A recent discovery of mine is that this lady used to have a pet deer! She's like a disney princess! ^^*