Which designer created Audrey Hepburn’s black dress for the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

Hubert de Givenchy created Audrey Hepburn’s black dress for Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Hepburn wears the elegant black dress as Holly Golightly in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The opening image of Holly outside Tiffany & Co. became one of cinema’s most recognizable fashion moments.

The costume was created through Hepburn’s long creative relationship with Hubert de Givenchy. He designed many of her notable film wardrobes, and their collaboration helped connect Givenchy’s refined Parisian style with Hepburn’s screen image.

The dress is often called a little black dress, but it was not an ordinary everyday version. Its long, streamlined shape, accessories and formal styling made it a particularly polished interpretation of the classic garment.