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Fresh from a Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn does a jaunty turn in Paris before heading back to Long Island for this scintillating Cinderella story as Sabrina, simple daughter of a family chauffeur who is transformed into a delectable sophisticate. Caught between her father's employers, the two loaded Larrabee brothers, one a ne'er do well playboy (William Holden), the other, a sober workaholic (Humphrey Bogart), Sabrina draws on her newly found refinement, the result of some Parisian polishing, to hold the siblings at bay and bay they do. Wilder's classic threesome is actually a foursome, the fourth being the grand gowns of Givenchy. Hepburn's presence is like svelte, pliable architecture set in motion by this fabric maestro. Givenchy's collaboration produced among others a black cocktail dress that became a mid-fifties rage with its high arching neckline and elegant drop to her ankles. Sabrina may have gone to a culinary academy in Paris, but at home she was a fashion plate.

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