Shelley in a pic from a spread
for Seventeen magazine, 1964
Shelley began modeling in late 1964. Shelley was discovered by A&P supermarket heir and publisher Huntington Hartford at a debutante ball when she was just 14 years old. It was her first time to be invited to one and her mother instructed Shelley, "If any older men bother you, go powder your nose." And she kept powdering her nose all night because "A guy kept bothering me," Shelley said, "He kept coming up to ask, 'Have you ever thought of being a model?' " After careful consideration, and with the help of her mother, a former Conover model, she finally decided it was a better summer job than waitressing. They went to went to New York to see Eileen Ford (a friend of her mother's) for representation. In 1964, Shelley appeared in a spread in Hartford's Show magazine, in the September 1964 issue (check out: The First). In November of that same year, her face was on the covers of both Seventeen and Glamour magazines. (check out: Seventeen Cover and First Cover)
Shelley in a spread for Seventeen magazine, 1964
Shelley in a spread for Seventeen magazine, 1964
Shelley's very first Christmas spreads for
Seventeen magazine was for the mag's December 1964 issue. In the spread called the "Comes As A Christmas Angel" (Now wasn't that prophetic?), she modeled a makeup look for the holiday parties of that season - the loveliest new look that was sparkled with gold. It was a fun, young makeup look so subtle and so natural-looking, it made anyone feel impossibly pretty. The spread gave a step-by-step tutorial on how to apply the party makeup look to get that dazzling, beautifully understated, natural look that made any girl glow and glitter like an angel when the lights would hit her face. A recommended nail color was included too, as well as a holiday hair style by Mr. Guy of Guy La Mar Coiffeurs in New York (check out:
Hairdo Of The Month 2) A golden blouse and a glittery barrette from Therese Arhens completed her look. In another spread called the "New Party Refreshments: Make Them Yourself in Citron," she modeled an outfit that was highlighted with a tangy green-tinged yellow quilted fabric that any girl could put together herself. It was McCall's pattern 7588, a holiday suit with Quilted Margins (the collar and cuffs were made from quilted citron-colored silk shantung). In both spreads, Shelley glowed like an angel.
Shelley in a pic from a spread
for Seventeen magazine, 1964
