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A portrait of British model Jean Shrimpton is one of the 36 halftone prints that make up David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups (1965), a photobook that now sells for between £3,000 and £6,000
The world's most expensive photography books The Nag 2009
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Shrimpton broke off a relationship and Bailey ended his marriage so they could be together.
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So quixotic a statement must be mischievous; after all, Shrimpton travelled the world for a decade, enjoyed a life of luxury and appeared so often on the covers of the likes of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Time and Glamour that she, more than any other model of the 60s, can lay claim to having been the world's first supermodel.
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Shrimpton's romance with Bailey did not last long.
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But for all the fame, the exotic travel and approaches from famous stars such as Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson – "they're the kind who can't help themselves, it's in their nature, though Jack was more subtle than Warren" – Shrimpton was not happy.
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The pair became emblems of London in the early 60s, but little in Shrimpton's early life suggested that she was destined for international acclaim.
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Gillan is to play Jean Shrimpton next year in a BBC4 drama about the 1960s model's love affair with photographer David Bailey.
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It was the heady, early days of the swinging 60s and the couple worked tirelessly together, but Shrimpton left Bailey to begin a relationship with Terence Stamp.
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When iconic models such as Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy donned their mini skirts, demand for pantyhose exploded and women flocked to the stores for pairs of their own.
Boing Boing 2009
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Shrimpton, dressed in a simple, unostentatious black dress – more bohemian than haute couture – is quick to lament the fashion world's excesses.
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