Jean Shrimpton

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Jean Shrimpton (1965)
ABC report on Shrimpton's visit to the Melbourne Cup in 1965

Jean Rosemary Shrimpton (born November 7, 1942 in High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire ) is a British model . She was best known during the swinging sixties under her unpopular nickname The Shrimp (German 'Die Garnele') and is considered one of the first supermodels .

Life and career

Shrimpton was born in High Wycombe in 1942 and grew up in a rural area. Her sister Chrissie Shrimpton , three years younger than her, was in a relationship with Mick Jagger in the mid-1960s and also worked as a model.

When she was 17, she began training as a secretary at Langham Secretarial College in London. In 1961 she was approached by the director Cy Endfield at a zebra crossing because he was still looking for an actress for his film The Mysterious Island . After the film's producers rejected her, contrary to the director's recommendation, Endfield suggested that she attend a modeling course at Lucie Clayton College . Soon afterwards she received her first orders as a catalog model and for magazines. She met photographer David Bailey on a shoot for Vogue magazine . Shrimpton soon became Bailey's muse and began dating him after he divorced his first wife. She later dated actor Terence Stamp and poet Heathcote Williams .

Glamor magazine named her “Model of The Year” in June 1963. In the mid-1960s she reached the peak of her career and, with an hourly wage equivalent to 240 D-Marks, was one of the best-paid models of the time. Richard Avedon photographed her in a spacesuit for a Harper's Bazaar cover in April 1965 . Her clothes when she arrived at the Australian Melbourne Cup in 1965 caused a scandal, however, as Shrimpton appeared in an unusually short, knee-free sheath dress for the time . In addition, she had done without the knee socks and gloves as well as a hat, and wore a men's watch as an accessory. After a reprimand by the board of the Victorian Racing Club of Australia , who called their elevator "a shame", Shrimpton adapted her outfit for the race and the award ceremony to the "local dress code". However, the global headlines and photos made her internationally known and paved the way for the mini skirt created by Mary Quant .

In 1967 she appeared in the film privilege alongside Paul Jones on. In 1970 she appeared in Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising .

She retired from modeling in 1972. She moved to Cornwall with her then significant other, Malcolm Richey , where she opened an antique shop in Marazion . In 1979 she married the photographer Michael Cox and took the name Jean Cox. Shortly thereafter, she bought a hotel in Penzance that is now run by Shrimpton's son.

In 1990 she published her autobiography Jean Shrimpton: An Autobiography .

filming

She was portrayed by actress Karen Gillan in the BBC four-part television series We'll Take Manhattan , which was broadcast in 2012 and which covers, among other things, Shrimpton's relationship with photographer David Bailey .

literature

  • Jean Shrimpton: The Truth About Modeling. WH Allen, 1964
  • Jean Shrimpton: Jean Shrimpton: An Autobiography. Time Warner Paperback, 1991, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0747409625

Web links

Commons : Jean Shrimpton  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Model Jean Shrimpton recollects the stir she caused on Victoria Derby Day in 1965 at dailytelegraph.com.au, accessed October 9, 2012
  2. ^ David Mansour: From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-0740751189 , p. 430
  3. a b c d e f g The Saturday interview: Jean Shrimpton at guardian.co.uk, accessed October 9, 2012
  4. ^ A b Jean Shrimpton in Melbourne at milesago.com, accessed September 9, 2012
  5. a b c Jean Shrimpton in Der Spiegel 46/1965, page 172
  6. Jean Shrimpton - 60's Supermodel at devorahmacdonald.blogspot.de, accessed on October 9, 2012
  7. Top models at einestages.spiegel.de, accessed on October 14, 2012
  8. Once the Face of the '60s, Jean Shrimpton Is Now the Model of An English Innkeeper at people.com, accessed October 9, 2012
  9. ^ The Abbey - FAQ ( September 2, 2011 memento on the Internet Archive ) at theabbeyonline.co.uk, accessed October 9, 2012
  10. ^ We'll Take Manhattan at bbc.co.uk, accessed October 9, 2012
  11. ^ Return of the Shrimp at express.co.uk, accessed October 9, 2012