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Audrey Hepburn is a style muse in any season—but in the summer, her wardrobe exuded a particular effortless elegance. Maybe it was the oversized sunglasses she wore on holiday in Antibes, or the wide-brimmed (and often boldly shaped) straw hats she put on for boat rides. While filming Roman Holiday in Rome, she enjoyed gelato alongside Gregory Peck with a cinched-waist skirt, whereas during her leisure time with husband Mel Ferrer, she often sported gingham capris.
Many of these warm-weather photos were taken at the famed Bürgenstock Resort in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Oscar-winning actor married Ferrer at the resort’s chapel in 1954 and proceeded to live at Villa Bethania, a house on the estate. In her later years, she moved to the Swiss town of Tolochenaz, where she resided in an 18th-century farmhouse named La Paisible that Vogue photographed for our 1961 issue. When she wasn’t on set or doing press in Hollywood, it seems, she was playing golf, gardening, and enjoying the idyllic Swiss Alps.
Below, see 18 photos of Audrey Hepburn in her summertime best.
1/18Audrey Hepburn, a blue kerchief around her head, reclines on cushions in a grassy field with one of her two black spaniels.
Photographed by Henry Clarke, Vogue, April 19612/18A corner of the garden at actress Audrey Hepburn's residence La Paisible, in Tolochenaz, Switzerland. By a lavender bush, a luncheon table covered in flower-patterned cloth.
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Audrey Hepburn on a golf course at the Bürgenstock Resort, Switzerland, 1954.
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Audrey Hepburn lies on the back of a motorboat on a lake in Switzerland, early 1950s.
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Audrey Hepburn in a sunhat and sleeveless blouse, holding a pool cleaning net beside a dry swimming pool, early 1950s.
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Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer pose for a photo at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, California.
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Audrey Hepburn and actor Albert Finney film a swimming pool sequence for their movie Two for the Road.
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Audrey Hepburn poses barefoot on a sailing boat on the set of the film Sabrina Fair, 1954.
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Audrey Hepburn in a floral-print day dress and sun hat on the set of Funny Face, circa 1955.
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Audrey Hepburn on the set of Paris When It Sizzles in 1962.
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Audrey Hepburn poses by the sea in 1967.
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Audrey Hepburn ploughing a vineyard in Italy with her husband, in 1955.
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Audrey Hepburn wears a sundress at Bürgenstock Resort, 1954.
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Audrey Hepburn in a blue-and-white polka dot dress.
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Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann and Gregory Peck as Joe Bradley on the Spanish Steps in Roman Holiday.
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Audrey Hepburn relaxing in Antibes, France during the 1960s.
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Audrey Hepburn in short shorts.
Photo: Getty Images18/18Audrey Hepburn wearing a straw hat and espadrilles sitting on the chalk cliffs by the English Channel in May 1951.
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