Jean Shrimpton



Jean Rosemary Shrimpton (born 7 November 1942) is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's firstsupermodels.[1] [6] [7] [8]  She appeared on covers such as Vogue,[9] [10]  Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies' Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time magazines.[citation needed]  She starred alongside Paul Jones in the 1967 film Privilege.

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[hide]  *1 Biography ==Biography[edit] == Born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and brought up on a farm, Shrimpton was educated at St Bernard's Convent, Slough. She enrolled at Langham Secretarial College in London when she was 17. A chance meeting with director Cy Endfield led to an unsuccessful meeting with the producer of his film Mysterious Island; Endfield then suggested she attend the Lucie Clayton Charm Academy's model course.[11]  In 1960, aged 17, she began modelling, appearing on the covers of popular magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair.[12]  During her career, Shrimpton was widely reported to be the "world's highest paid model",[5] [13] [14] [15]  the "most famous model",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notthevery_14-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mostphoto_16-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awomb_17-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  and the "most photographed in the world".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notthevery_14-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mostphoto_16-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  She was also described as having the "world's most beautiful face".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-thegirl_5-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-milesago_8-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  She was dubbed "The It Girl", "The Face",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awomb_17-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  "The Face of the Moment",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-thegirl_5-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  and "The Face of the '60s".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-busch_7-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-beingordinary_19-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  Glamour named her "Model of The Year" in June 1963. She contrasted with the aristocratic-looking models of the 1950s by representing the coltish, gamine look of the youthquake movement in 1960sSwinging London,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-forbes_20-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  and she was reported as "the symbol of Swinging London."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-thegirl_5-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  By breaking the popular mould of voluptuous figures<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  with her long legs and slim figure, she was nicknamed "The Shrimp".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]  Shrimpton was also known for her long hair with a fringe,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24]  wide doe-eyes,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-striking_25-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]  long wispy eyelashes,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  arched brows,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-glossary_28-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  and pouty lips.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29]
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<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Shrimpton also helped launch the miniskirt.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]  In 1965, Shrimpton caused a sensation in Melbourne, Australia, when she arrived for the Victoria Derby wearing a white shift dress designed by Colin Rolfe which ended 10 cm (3.9 in) above her knees. She wore no hat, stockings or gloves and wore a man's watch, which was unusual at the time. Shrimpton was unaware she would cause such reaction in the Melbourne community and media.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-recollects_1-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-milesago_8-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In her article "The Man in the Bill Blass Suit", Nora Ephron tells of the time when Jean Shrimpton posed for a Revlon advertisement in an antique white Chantilly lace dress by Blass. Minutes after the lipstick placard was displayed at the drugstores, the Revlon switchboard received many calls from women demanding to know where they could buy the dress.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Shrimpton was once engaged to photographer David Bailey. They met in 1960 at a photo shoot that Shrimpton, who was then an unknown model,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pdn_32-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[32]  was working on with photographer Brian Duffy for a Kellogg's corn flakes advertisement.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[33]  Duffy told Bailey she was too posh for him, but Bailey was undeterred, and he and Shrimpton subsequently had a relationship for four years, ending in 1964.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pdn_32-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[32]  During the affair, Bailey was still married to his first wife Rosemary Bramble but left her after nine months and later divorced to be with Shrimpton.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-thewomen_34-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[34]  Shrimpton's first photo session with Bailey was in 1960 (either forCondé Nast's Brides on 7 December 1960<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-take_35-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[35] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[36]  or for British Vogue<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[37] ). She started to become known in the modelling world around the time she was dating Bailey.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-thegirl_5-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  Shrimpton has stated she owed Bailey her career,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-thegirl_5-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  and he is often credited for discovering her<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-shortest_38-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[38] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39]  and being influential in her career.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-famedface_3-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-thewomen_34-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[34] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-take_35-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[35] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-shortest_38-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[38]  In turn, she was Bailey's muse, and his photographs of her helped him rise to prominence in his early career.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-forbes_20-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[41] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[42] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[43]  Shrimpton's other most celebrated romance was with actor Terence Stamp.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-glossary_28-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  She married photographer Michael Cox in 1979<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[44]  at Penzance register office when she was four months pregnant<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-leepotter_2-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  with their son Thaddeus (born in 1979).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[45]  They own the Abbey Hotel in Penzance, Cornwall,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-leepotter_2-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-beingordinary_19-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  now managed by Thaddeus and his family.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[46]  Her younger sister Chrissie was also an actress, linked to both Mick Jagger and Steve Marriott of the Small Faces.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 26 January 2012 the story of her relationship with David Bailey was dramatised in a BBC Four film, We'll Take Manhattan, with Karen Gillan playing the part of Shrimpton.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[47] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[48]  Shrimpton is namechecked (as "Jeannie Shrimpton") in the 1986 Smithereens song "Behind the Wall of Sleep".