Which 1961 film featured Givenchy's little black dress on Audrey Hepburn?

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The 1961 film featuring Givenchy’s little black dress on Audrey Hepburn was Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Hepburn played Holly Golightly in Blake Edwards’s film, adapted from Truman Capote’s 1958 novella. The opening image of Holly standing outside Tiffany & Co. in Manhattan, wearing a black Givenchy dress, pearls, gloves, sunglasses, and carrying a pastry and coffee, became one of cinema’s most recognizable fashion moments.

Givenchy had already dressed Hepburn in films including Sabrina and Funny Face, but Breakfast at Tiffany’s cemented their creative partnership in popular culture. A common mix-up is to identify Sabrina as the answer because it also featured memorable Givenchy costumes for Hepburn. Another nuance is that the film’s costume work involved collaboration with costume designer Edith Head, while the famous black dress is widely credited to Hubert de Givenchy.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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