'Funny Face' shouldn't have worked. It was a musical with a borrowed score, based on a stage play its author had failed to sell, with a leading man past his prime and a leading lady, 30 years younger, who had a thin singing voice. Indeed, the film, releas
Pamela Hutchinson: From Audrey Hepburn’s Givenchy dresses to the homages to editor Diana Vreeland and photographer Richard Avedon, watching Funny Face – rereleased this weekend – is like taking a trip through fashion history
Directed by Stanley Donen. With Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair. An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
'Funny Face' shouldn't have worked. It was a musical with a borrowed score, based on a stage play its author had failed to sell, with a leading man past his prime and a leading lady, 30 years younger, who had a thin singing voice. Indeed, the film, releas
Pamela Hutchinson: From Audrey Hepburn’s Givenchy dresses to the homages to editor Diana Vreeland and photographer Richard Avedon, watching Funny Face – rereleased this weekend – is like taking a trip through fashion history
Directed by Stanley Donen. With Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair. An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
