What would Audrey do?

Is there anyone more elegant and perfectly lovely as Audrey Hepburn? She is the epitome of grace, beauty and compassion. What an amazing woman she was.
 

I recently read a book called "What Would Audrey Do?"

Though on-camera she was often cast in the role of a carefree ingénue, Audrey Hepburn’s off-camera life was marked by challenges: growing up without a father and with the Nazi threat during her youth; a demanding film career while she was a young mother; unfaithful husbands and two divorces; and constant scrutiny from the media. Yet Audrey Hepburn always epitomized beauty and grace. Bestselling author Pamela Keogh culls lessons in loveliness from a woman who survived every setback with panache.

Topics include:
• Dating and romantic advice from a woman who enjoyed romances with John F. Kennedy, William Holden, and Albert Finney
• A primer on what made Audrey the icon she is today, and how to apply her style choices to twenty-first-century clothes, makeup, and accessories
• Raising children, raising husbands, and making home life balanced in every way
• St. Audrey: Long before Angelina and Bono got all the press, Audrey Hepburn did invaluable work for UNICEF, teaching us much about extending ourselves to others.
In an era fraught with selfishness, artifice, and sensational headlines, the reality and tranquillity of Audrey is precisely what the world needs now.

Even though it's a tongue-in-cheek sort of book, it actually has a lot to offer in terms of creating a mindset of loveliness. She was an amazing woman.

Her work with UNICEF was extraordinary. She could have done anything with her life in her later years. She chose to visit places like Ethiopia, the Sudan, El Salvador, Bangladesh and Vietnam on behalf of UNICEF. She spent an enormous amount of time helping to raise funds. About her work for UNICEF, Audrey would say: 'I've been auditioning my whole life for this role, and I finally got it.' She attained everything that society today tells us is important. She had fame, beauty, succcess.  She was Givenchy's muse for 40 years, dressed in the most gorgeous clothing imaginable.  What did she do with this incredible profile she created? She used it to help children and to make the world a better place.  That is beauty.

I just adore Audrey Hepburn - truly beautiful, inside and out.