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Derby Day in Australia, wearing a white shiftdress models to be labeled a “supermodel”, Shrimpton JEAN CONTRASTED
that ended four inches above her knees, Jean was the highest-paid model of her time. Speaking WITH THE
caused a scandal and popularized the miniskirt. about Shrimp, Bailey said the BBC: “She was magic ARISTOCRATIC-
When fashion photographer David Bailey spotted and the camera loved her too”. She appeared on nu- LOOKING MODELS
a then-relatively unknowm Jean at a photo studio, merous magazine covers including Vogue, Harper’s OF THE 1950S BY
he was instantly taken with the gamine beauty. The Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies’ Home Jour- REPRESENTING
THE FRESH, CUTE
two soon began a romantic relationship that would nal, Newsweek, and Time. In 2012, Shrimpton was COLTISH LOOK
last four tumultuous years. Bailey insisted on using named by Time as one of the 100 most influential OF THE 1960S
Shrimpton for a British Vogue shoot in 1962, hel- fashion icons of all time. She starred alongside Paul SWINGING LONDON.
ping to catapult both their careers. One of the firsts Jones in the 1967 film Privilege.
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