Monday, July 6, 2020

Sophisticated Image

Pics of a sophisticated Shelley from the early '70s

Shelley graduated from Smith College in 1970 and decided to take on modeling full-time. Represented by the top model management company, Ford Models Inc., she began her transition from teen model to top model (and eventually to Supermodel.) Her then boyfriend, photographer Steen Svensson, and make-up artist extraordinaire Rick Gillette came up with test shots of Shelley in the early '70s with the hope that the images could get her into the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. And she eventually did, in both the US and International versions of the magazines. Then in 1976, she jumped to Supermodel status, when she  catapulted the Charlie by Revlon brand (as well as herself) to worldwide fame and success.

Shelley from the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar,
mid to late'70s