TRUMAN CAPOTE said of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” his classic novella of a New York glamour girl, that he was trying to prune his writing style, achieve a more subdued prose. Of course, Holly Golightly became the lodestar to designers as well as to millions of young women who have been enthralled by her single-minded spirit and by the image evoked by Audrey Hepburn in the opening shot of the film, as the cab races up Fifth Avenue and deposits her in front of Tiffany’s.
Novels Informed by the Values and Brands of Fashion Are Starting to Pump That Well Dry - NYTimes.com
Novels Informed by the Values and Brands of Fashion Are Starting to Pump That Well Dry - NYTimes.com