Emma—who was born a year after Hepburn died—appears in the magazine in a spread designed as a tribute to her grandmother (featuring Emma imitating many of Hepburn’s iconic looks), shot by Michael Avedon, the 23-year-old grandson of Richard Avedon, who photographed Hepburn many times.In the accompanying interview, Emma, who will be moving to New York next year to continue her studies, watches Sabrina with writer Pamela Fiori, and explains that her relationship with her grandmother, and the idea of her grandmother, is evolving.
“The first images I have of her are, interestingly enough, when she was quite young,” Emma says, “I remember seeing a photo of her jumping on a trampoline—I believe this was before I understood that she was famous. But I remember thinking that she looked like a friend I wish I could have had.”
Later, Emma explains that while she hasn’t seen all of Hepburn’s movies (“When I watched Breakfast at Tiffany's, I enjoyed it the same way any young girl would”), she now owns—and cherishes—several of her belongings, revealing she possesses “[Hepburn’s] cashmere turtlenecks, which I adore and wear all throughout the winter . . . And a white antique stuffed teddy bear.”
