Hubert de Givenchy designed the famous black dress in 1961 for Audrey Hepburn's turn as Holly Golightly. After Hepburn's death in 1993, Givenchy donated the black satin gown to City of Joy Aid, and in 2006 the dress was auctioned off at Christie's for more than $900,000.

Alan Reed, who played the incarcerated mobster Sally Tomato in the film, was best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone.