On Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, 2 of his most famous leading ladies:
I had a special little niche for Givenchy. He did the clothes for Audrey Hepburn. There was always that style, you know. Of course she did not wear the clothes when she was with her father washing cars [at the beginning of Sabrina]. She was barefoot. So that I have distance, you know. She has some way to go there. So when she wore the clothes that she brought from Paris, Givenchy kind of gets all the fireworks…
Givenchy was one of the best. And he kind of felt the girl she was – underneath that dress. And that was Audrey Hepburn. She was simple, but stunning … She had first-class taste…
Marilyn was not interested in costumes. She was not a clotheshose. You could put anything on her you wanted. If it showed something, then she accepted it. As long as it showed a little something.
