Sonja de Lennart

Sonja de Lennart (born 21 May 1920) is a German fashion designer.

In the beginning she would cut piece of paper to demonstrate the fit of clothing on her customers.

[6] de Lennart first made Capri pants in the late 1940s and the actresses Mady Rahl and Erni Mangold wore them in 1949.

[7] The Capri pant had a short slit on the outer-side of the pant leg, and they started to become popular in 1954 when Audrey Hepburn wore them in the movie A Heart and a Crown.

[4] In 1952, Edith Head used de Lennart's Capri Collection including a skirt, a high-neck blouse, and Capri pants for Audrey Hepburn in the movie, Roman Holiday.