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Jean Shrimpton : An Autobiography
by
Jean Shrimpton
,
Unity Hall
Jean Shrimpton was a celebrated model of the 1960s, whose face appeared on the cover of top fashion magazines in Britain and America, but she brought her career to an abrupt end at the age of 30. This autobiography describes her childhood, her discovery at 17 by David Bailey, and their relationship and subsequent parting when she met the actor Terence Stamp. She tells how,
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Paperback
,
254 pages
Published
December 5th 1991
by Time Warner Paperbacks
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not sure why I felt compelled to read this book....maybe because she's an iconic figure from the 60s and 70s. my advice to models who are successful? do NOT turn and bite the hand that fed you...
Jean Shrimpton was one of the first 'supermodels', a haunting beauty whose work with David Bailey was iconic. She is also something of an enigma, having left the fashion world behind in the 1970s. She has managed a small hotel in Cornwall with her husband and son for 30 years. This ghosted autbiography, published in 1990, is a nice momento of her heyday. But her extremely private nature comes across in every page, making it a rather stilted read.
If this doesn't convince you that supermodels are as dull and ordinary as the rest of us, nothing will. I'm sure she's a nice person ...
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