Jean Shrimpton (born 7 November 1942 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is an English model and actress. Nicknamed "The Shrimp", she was an icon of Swinging London, possessing some of the gamine features that also made a huge success of the younger Twiggy. Her face appeared on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair magazines. She starred alongside Paul Jones in the 1967 film Privilege.
Shrimpton graduated from Lucie Clayton's modell...
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Jean Shrimpton (born 7 November 1942 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is an English model and actress. Nicknamed "The Shrimp", she was an icon of Swinging London, possessing some of the gamine features that also made a huge success of the younger Twiggy. Her face appeared on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair magazines. She starred alongside Paul Jones in the 1967 film Privilege.
Shrimpton graduated from Lucie Clayton's modelling school at the age of 17 in 1960.
By the time she was 18, Shrimpton was already internationally famous with her face having appeared on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair.
In 1965, Shrimpton caused a sensation in Melbourne, Australia, when she arrived for the Victoria Derby race during Melbourne Cup week. She shocked everybody by wearing a white shift dress which ended 10 cm (3.9 in) above her knees, a forerunner of the miniskirt which became a worldwide craze (this dress was designed and made by the young fashion...
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