Denée Benton Channels Audrey Hepburn in Carolina Herrera for ‘The Gilded Age’ Season Three Premiere

When it comes to red carpet appearances for her hit show “The Gilded Age,” Denée Benton likes to remind people that she can wear more than period clothing.  “Sometimes I try to go really counter to it so that the world knows what I look like, not in a  corset,” Benton says. “But every once in a while I think I like to wink towards it in a way.” For the show’s season three premiere in New York, Benton worked with her stylist, Solange Franklin, on a look made up of a red and pink Carolina Herrera gown and David Yurman jewerly.  “I haven’t gotten to do a ton of color on my carpets yet, and this has been the perfect one,” Benton says over the phone from the Fifth Avenue Hotel while in the glam chair. “It almost feels like it feels more Audrey Hepburn than ‘Gilded Age,’ but it still feels like a kiss toward the period.” Denée Benton in Carolina Herrera for the season three premiere of “The Gilded Age.” Courtesy of Jimmy Fang Benton was drawn to the dress for its combination of classic and sexy.  “[Solange and I] knew we wanted to have something that was classic, but also with a little

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