Katharine Hepburn

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Katharine Hepburn's rebel chic. “Skirts are hopeless," she once said. "Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’”

Adolph Menjou and Katharine Hepburn in "Morning Glory," 1933. (KSUM Collection)

 

 

 

Katharine Hepburn on the RKO Lot, 1932. (Judy Samelson Collection)

 

Costume for Hepburn as Tracy Lord in "The Philadelphia Story," Shubert Theater, 1939-1940, designed by Valentina. (KSUM Collection)

 

Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord in "The Philadelphia Story," Shubert Theater, 1939-1940. (Bettmann/CORBIS)

 

Katharine Hepburn in a 1940 publicity image originally provided by MGM, from left, John Howard, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart star in George Cukor's movie,"The Philadelphia Story. (AP Photo/MGM)

 

Publicity image from the 1956 film "The Iron Petticoat." (KSUM Collection)

 

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in "Woman Of The Year," 1942. (Judy Samelson Collection).

 

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn on the set of "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner," 1967.