![]() ![]() Fisher said that was too much, sorry, and they finally settled on $15,000 and a few costumes of lesser value from Debbie’s collection.Īnd now it’s gone for crazy amounts more, a bit mind blowing! I haven’t read that far but I’m curious if Todd sold it. ![]() Somehow, Todd Fisher bought Rex’s Harrison’s costume, the Ascot suit, Debbie said “that was dumb, it’s worthless without the Audrey (at Ascot) dress”, eventually the dress was auctioned & sold for $100,000, to the disappointment of Fisher – who had called Audrey Hepburn ‘s son, Sean, to help buy it.įisher later received a phone call that the winning bidder changed their mind & offered it to him for the original $100k. All the “My Fair Lady” costumes had been stolen from the studio. It's just beautiful- due in no small part to the wearer, but it's objectively beautiful on its own. Professor and phoneticist Henry Higgins brags to his peer Colonel Hugh Pickering that his skills are such that he can transform the undeserving Eliza into a lady of grace and poise. Professor Henry Higgins: singing By George, I really did it, I did it, I did it I said Id make a woman and indeed, I did. Eliza Doolittle is the poor Cockney flower seller whose life is turned upside down due to the bet of a stranger. So go back in your shell, I can do bloody well without. Hello! Lovely site, it looks so fun! I am currently reading Todd Fisher’s book “My Girls” about his life with sister Carrie Fisher and mother, Debbie Reynolds, and his account of buying the “Ascot dress” is very interesting and doesn’t match your account – which is understandable, so many biographers hear a bit here, a bit there, sew it together… and it’s not quite correct. At first glance, Lila Moss doesn’t have all that much in common with Eliza Doolittle, an Edwardian flower girl who yearned for a life with warm feet. I've always loved the dress Audrey Hepburn wore as Eliza Doolittle in the Embassy Ball scene of My Fair Lady. Eliza Doolittle: singing I shall not feel alone without you, I can stand on my own without you.
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