a pic of Shelley used for the cover
of Ingenue magazine, March 1965
Shelley was discovered by A&P supermarket heir and publisher Huntington Hartford at a debutante ball when she was just 14 years old. "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. So Shelley and her mom went to went to New York to see Eileen Ford, a friend of her mother's, for representation. Shelley said, "She (Mrs. Ford) barely looked at me, but at the end of the meeting, she turned and said, "We’ll be expecting you at 9 o’clock tomorrow.'" At the time, Shelley only worked during her summer vacations.
a pic of Shelley
(an outtake of the cover pic) that appeared
on Ingenue magazine, March 1965
One of the first magazine covers Shelley did was for Ingenue, a magazine for teen‐aged girls. It featured articles on music, teen fashion, beauty tips, cooking, teen dating, and fiction. Shelley appeared in the March 1965 cover of the mag. Photographed by Francesco Scavullo, Shelley wore a pink/yellow/white hybrid paisley-printed, notchy pink-collared coat over a pink sleeveless skimmer, both by American Bazaar. Her hair was by David Crespin, her makeup by Helena Rubinstein. (Check out the cover at: Scavullo, 1965) In the same year, Shelley also appeared on the cover of the booklet Ingenue Magazine's Guide To Teen Beauty which was also produced by the editors of Ingenue magazine. (Check it out at: Teen Beauty 1965)
a description of Shelley's cover look
for Ingenue magazine, March 1965
