Happy Birthday!

It's Audrey Day again! Yes, it's Audrey Hepburn's 83rd birthday today, and while she is not with us physically, her spirit is as strong as ever. She still influences millions of people with her grace, style, class, and humanitarian works, and it's still as heartwarming to hear about her influences now as it was when I first started this old thing 9 years ago.

I thought it would be a nice celebration to share what others are saying and doing in honor of Audrey. The cake to the left wasn't made for Audrey's birthday, but rather a fan's birthday. Still, isn't it just gorgeous? I'd almost feel bad eating it. Almost! It was made by The Cocoa Cakery, and they were kind enough to share photos of all their lovely works on Flickr.

Celebuzz remembers Audrey by putting together a slideshow of celebrities who are inspired by Audrey's fashion, ranging from Lady Gaga to Ashley Greene, which you can view here. (The photo of Liv Tyler in the slideshow is actually from the Timeless Audrey exhibit! And Liv was also a Givenchy spokesmodel a few years ago.)

There was also a special 10th anniversary ceremony at the Audrey Hepburn Children's House in New Jersey today, and Natalie Portman was there, along with Audrey's older son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer. Natalie is a godmother to the Children's House and was onhand for the opening, so it's only appropriate that she celebrates the hospital's continuing success. PopSugar has some photos and more information on what Natalie's been doing lately.

Jezebel gave Audrey a little shout out as well, with a funny clip from Breakfast at Tiffany's thrown in for fun.

And Politicus USA has a really lovely, well-written article on Audrey's humanitarian past and humbleness. It seems only fitting to close the post with something that reminds us of Audrey's troubled past, and how it only served to make her into a better person that used her experiences to help others.

The important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

Happy birthday, dear Audrey!

If you didn't already know, today is Audrey Hepburn's birthday! If she was still with us she would have been 82 years old today, but you know what? Audrey is still very much with us. Her influence is as strong as ever, she's as popular as ever, and everyone still wants to be her.

To celebrate the fairest lady's birthday, WatchMojo put together a video tutorial on how to get Audrey's Breakfast at Tiffany's look in makeup:



So if you would like to celebrate Audrey's birthday but don't quite know what to do, why not give yourself a little makeover and pop in one of her films? To make it extra Audrey, indulge with a piece of chocolate, Audrey's favourite treat. Remember a lovely person by making yourself feel beautiful.

Special thanks to Stephanie for sharing this link with us.

Zum Geburtstag viel Glück!

I'm still in Germany right now, but somewhere in the world it's still May 4th and Audrey's birthday. So I'm not really late. :) Went to the Timeless Audrey exhibit, of course, and thanks to dear Daniel Acksteiner got to see the award ceremony for the 2009 Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award. I'm using other people's computers until I get back home and my cable to hookup the camera is in my hotel room, so I'm afraid there's no pictures yet. When I get back to Paris, promise. :) In the meantime, wish Audrey a happyy 80th birthday in your own special way, even if it's just watching your favourite movie of hers, and have a great rest of the day.

More later . . .

Happy Birthday, dear Audrey

As most of you already know, today is Audrey Hepburn's birthday. She would have turned 78 today, but even though she isn't here with us physically anymore, she is most certainly everywhere in spirit, every day. In fact, it was four years ago today that The Fabulous Audrey Hepburn was born, so it's like two birthdays in one for us.

I was actually going to give you all some gifts in the form of lots of videos, but I'm afraid that after a hard day of slaving over a hot keyboard, all my efforts were for naught. Hopefully the glitches will be fixed within the next couple of days, because they are quite good and I can't wait to share those and more treats with you. But for now, do a little something Audrey in remembrance of her and check back soon for some fun belated birthday presents.

a belated happy birthday to Givenchy!

Hubert de Givenchy turned 80 on February 21, and I was silly enough to miss it. So a belated Happy Birthday to Audrey's good friend, protector, and the hidden half of Audrey Style. I hope it was a good day for you.