Sheath dress beads. One of the most notable sheath dresses of all time is the black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn. In 1961, Hepburn wore a Hubert de Givenchy black sheath dress in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. By this time, her dress became known as the little black dress. On May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe sang happy birthday to then president John F. Kennedy for his 45th birthday. At the event, Monroe wore a Jean Louis sheath dress that is described as "skin and beads". The dress was made nude toned, backless, and clad with crystals. Monroe was sewn into the
Audrey Hepburn on screen and stage "Sabrina" opposite Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. In the same year Hepburn garnered the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for portraying the titular water nymph in the play "Ondine". Her next role was as Natasha Rostova in the 1956 film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace". In 1957 Hepburn starred with Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier in Billy Wilder's "Love in the Afternoon", and with Fred Astaire in the musical film "Funny Face". Two years later she appeared in the romantic adventure film "Green Mansions", and played a nun in "The Nun's Story". In 1961, Hepburn