Audrey Hepburn - Smarties®

Meet the Maker

Hi! My name is Ashlee Nichols, and I’m the creator of a Texas-based life and style website called Little Lovelies! I have two little lovelies of my own: Laikyn who is 4 years old and Lennyn who is 2 years old. We live in a small West Texas town with my husband of 6 years who works in agriculture (cotton) and is a pilot for fun! We travel often, love deeply and hope to share the lovely in life every single day!

And Meet Our Little Smartie

We chose Audrey Hepburn as our "Smartie" because she was such a fabulous and SMART actress. Breakfast at Tiffany’s was one of the most classic movies ever made. Laikyn loved dressing up and pretending to be Ms. Hepburn, and what’s a good Audrey Hepburn without a Marilyn Monroe? Little sister had to get in on the dress-up, too, and is Marilyn Monroe.

This was one of the most simple costumes we’ve ever attempted! It was as simple as just getting the pieces and putting them on her. She did complain that the gloves were too big, but other than that it’s a very comfortable outfit!

Audrey and Marilyn were two peas in a pod, both such SMARTIES in their costumes. We had a ball dressing up and now we’re settling in and letting the big Smartie watch the first part of Breakfast at Tiffany's!

Materials You'll Need to Make This Costume

Black dress with tulle
Black feather boa
Black shoes
Costume necklace
Costume tiara
Black long gloves
Sunglasses
Tiffany & Co bag
DryBar Dry Shampoo (brunette) for hair coloring (not needed)
White onesie
White tulle skirt
White shoes
Red lipstick
Eyeliner (for freckle/mole)
Dry shampoo for hair (could use wig if hair is not curly/short)

Steps to Make it:

Audrey Hepburn: Put on the dress, boa, necklaces, and gloves.

- First, I put the dress on her. The best part is that it is all one piece so she wasn’t fussing with the skirt!
- I wrapped the feather boa around her waist like a belt and tied it in the back.
- She got to put on her necklace and LOVED it! I layered two old costume necklaces that I already had!
- She was able to put her gloves on herself, but was mad that they were a little too big (we got the smallest size).

Audrey Hepburn: Style the hair, then add the sunglasses, shoes, and bag.

- Laikyn is naturally blonde, so we just added a little Drybar Dry Shampoo in Brunette to temporarily tint her hair to a dark brown. She LOVED it, but I was so happy to wash her hair out! I like my little blondie!
- We twisted it up into a bun from a pony tail and topped it off with the tiara!
- The sunglasses were way too big for her even though they said ages 3-5. She had a hard time keeping them on, but they were so cute!
- The shoes came with the embellishment!
- This costume came together perfectly with little to no work!
- The Tiffany bag came from my husband, 6 years ago...when he proposed to me! So that was so special to be able to share with Laikyn for this costume!

Marilyn Monroe

- For her little sidekick, Marilyn Monroe; we put Lennyn in a white onesie and white tulle skirt.
- She has naturally curly hair, so I teased it a bit and added some Drybar Dry Shampoo (regular color) to add some texture.
- She used shoes she already had from a wedding and begged for some lipstick!
- I used red lipstick that I already had and a dot of eyeliner in the color brown for her freckle on her left cheek!