While the question of who can claim the title of the original supermodel remains hotly debated, Jean Shrimpton certainly makes the short list. With her wide-eyed gaze, mile-long lashes, and luxuriously thick head of hair, the 18-year-old English beauty first captured the imagination of photographer David Bailey on the set of a Kellogg’s Corn Flakes ad in 1960. Along with fashion lensmen Richard Avedon and Bert Stern, he catapulted Shrimpton to international fame—and onto countless magazine covers—in just a few short years. (The couple would also embark on a highly publicized four-year affair.) Known as the face of the Swinging Sixties movement, Shrimpton’s willowy physique upended the regal, nip-waisted aesthetic of the fifties with the help of fellow London youthquakers Twiggy and Penelope Tree. And while Mary Quant may have invented the miniskirt, it was Shrimpton who made the leggy look a global sensation after wearing a scandalously short dress to the Melbourne Cup Carnival horse race in 1965. In honor of “the Shrimp’s” 72nd birthday, here are six of her most memorable Vogue beauty moments.
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