Did You Know...

Audrey Hepburn won the 1953 Best Actress Academy Award for her role in Roman Holiday, a classic romantic comedy which tells the story of a bored and sheltered princess who escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

Audrey won the role of Princess Ann in Roman Holiday thanks to a legendary screen test. In it, she performed one of the scenes from the film, but the cameraman was instructed to keep the cameras rolling after the director said, "Cut." Several minutes of unrehearsed, spontaneous Hepburn was thus captured on film and this, combined with some candid interview footage, won her the role.

In Roman Holiday, Audrey (as Princess Ann) attends an Embassy Ball in which she is escorted into the room wearing a beautiful gown, crown of jewels, and a pair of dazzling diamond earrings. You can find a replica of these lovely earrings in our Hollywood Collection, which includes replicas of pieces worn by Golden-Era Hollywood stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Vivien Leigh and Lana Turner.
















These Roman Holiday diamond tears retail for $75 and are 11.35 pearshaped CZ carats set in Platinum over Sterling Silver suspended from a round-cut diamond set amid 8 brilliants. The above photos of Audrey as Princess Ann and the replicated earrings can be enlarged by simply clicking on the images.