Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Black Dress

Worn By: Audrey Hepburn
Year: 1961
Value: $590,000*

This dress is arguably one of the most famous movie dresses of all time. Audrey Hepburn’s turn as Holly Golightly in 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s was incredible in more ways than one. Not only did she shape cinema, but she also shaped fashion alongside Hubert Givenchy.

The famous little black dress worn by Holly in the opening sequence popped up at auction in 2006, selling for a very respectable $590,000. Holly would have been thrilled at that sum of money, as would Hepburn herself. Christie’s were thrilled to sell the item, calling it “an iconic piece of cinematic history.”

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