- Jean Shrimpton
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name = Jean Shrimpton
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birthname = Jean Shrimpton
birthdate = Birth date and age|1942|11|7|df=y
location = Buckinghamshire, England, flagicon|England
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spouse = Michael CoxJean Shrimpton (born
7 November 1942 inHigh Wycombe ,Buckinghamshire ) is an EnglishSupermodel and actress. Nicknamed 'The Shrimp', she was an icon ofSwinging Sixties London , possessing some of thegamine features that also made a huge success of the youngerTwiggy . She starred alongside Paul Jones in the 1967 movie "Privilege".Biography
Shrimpton graduated from Lucie Clayton's modelling school at the age of 17 in 1960.
In 1965, Shrimpton caused a sensation in
Melbourne ,Australia , when she arrived for the Victoria Derby race duringMelbourne Cup week. She shocked everybody by wearing a daring white shift dress which ended 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) above her knees, a forerunner of theminiskirt which became a worldwide craze (this dress was designed and made by the young fashion designer, Colin Rolfe). To make things worse she wore no hat, stockings or gloves and wore a man's watch, which was very unusual at the time. Shrimpton was blissfully unaware she would cause such reactions among the then prim Melbourne community and media.In her article "The Man in the Bill Blass Suit", Nora Ephron tells of the time when Jean Shrimpton posed for a Revlon ad in an antique white Chantilly lace dress by Blass. Minutes after the lipstick placard hit the drugstores, the Revlon switchboard lit up with calls from women demanding to know where they could buy the dress. (Ephron article reprinted in "Wallflower at the Orgy," a Bantam Book, July 2007.)
The fashion trendsetter was also a heartbreaker to many glamorous men she knew during her time as a world famous cover girl (including a stint as the face of Yardley of London). She was once engaged to 60s photographer David Bailey, on whom the
David Hemmings character in the movie "Blowup " was based. They met on a shoot for a Cornflakes advertisement. His friend told him she was too posh for him, but Bailey was undeterred and the two subsequently had a relationship for four years. Her other celebrated romance was with actorTerence Stamp . As one of the most beautiful couples among the trendy denizens ofCarnaby Street , and other hang-outs of Mod London, the two seemed a perfect couple to outsiders, but Shrimpton dumped him, citing the actor's narcissism. Stamp has said that the break-up pushed him into anguish and despair, while she was quoted in a newspaper interview saying she doubted he ever loved herFact|date=March 2007.Shrimpton eventually found a more enduring love with her photographer husband Michael Cox, with whom she has a son, born in 1981. They currently run a small hotel in
Penzance ,Cornwall . Her younger sister Chrissie was also an actress, romantically linked to bothMick Jagger andSteve Marriott ofThe Small Faces .She was mentioned in the
Smithereens song, "Behind the Wall of Sleep".External links
* [http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/pop/shrimpton.htm NostalgiaCentral.com]
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