BACKGROUND Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) is considered a fashion icon, a gifted actress and a natural beauty. He had a difficult childhood, culminating in his parents' divorce. According to the son, Audrey's abandonment by his father was a wound that never healed. It led her to unhealthy marriages that led to divorce. Due to family tensions and perhaps her extremely introverted nature, she was sent to a boarding school in London at the age of six. There, she is believed to have become more extroverted, which would be necessary for her future career. In 1939, at the outbreak of war in England, Audrey's mother (Ella) moved the family to Holland. Fearing that London would be bombed, he decided that Holland would be safer because “Germany would never attack a neutral Holland” (Spoto, 2006, p. 18). In 1940, this was a natural assumption that resonated with the Dutch throughout the war until the Nazis invaded Denmark and Norway on April 9 (Spoto, 2006, p. 19). To further preserve their lives, Ella changed Audrey's name to the less English-sounding “Edda van Heemstra” which was Audrey's given name (Spoto, 2006, p. 21). They no longer spoke English; instead they limited themselves to speaking only Dutch. Interestingly, most likely due to her childhood experiences in Belgium, Holland and England, Audrey Hepburn formed her unique accent. During the war, Audrey studied at the Arnhem Conservatory in Holland. She had always dreamed of becoming a dancer (Harris, 1994, p. 32). Classmates remembered Audrey as a serious student who wanted to become a dancer and showed great dedication to her studies (Higham, 1984, p. 22). She continued dancing until she was too weak and malnourished to continue. After the War (194...... middle of document ....../24/lkl.00.htmlMaychick, D. (1993). Audrey Hepburn: An intimate Portrait. New York: Carol.Moseley, R (2002). Pants and tiaras: Audrey Hepburn, a female star, 71, 37-51. doi:0141-7789/02Moseley, R. (2005). . Moseley (ed.), Fashioning film star: Dress, culture, Identity (pp. 110 -120). Retrieved from Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhostSpoto, D. (2006: The Life of Audrey Hepburn New York: Harmony Books.Smith, D.M. (2002). and Postwar Internationalism, 41 (4), 27-51 http://go.galegroup. com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA160418974&v=2.1&u=csuf_main&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w&asid=e7a62ef11eaa6df90cef01c0ee336d8b