Sunday, December 8, 2024

Romantic Heroine

closeups of Shelley from a fashion pic used
in a spread on Seventeen magazine,
December 1967

Shelley appeared on many issues of Seventeen magazine from 1964 to the 1970s. In 1967, she appeared in the magazine's December issue, in several spreads. In a spread called "The Young Romantics in Heroine Fashions," which featured black and white fashions inspired by those great heroines in history and literature (such as Gigi from Gigi, Juliet Capulet from Romeo and Juliet, Meg March from Little Women,  Anastasia - Grand Duchess of Russia, and Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind), Shelley modeled a look that brought to mind the character of Lucie Manette from A Tale of Two Cities. She wore a "diamond"- sparked cape in midnight black over a a white shirtdress, both by Bonnie Fashions. She finished her look with glittery white hosiery and ink-black footwear with pleated trims and block heels. She accessorized her look with a black satin rosette spilling with jet beads pinned to her hair. And Shelley looked every inch a romantic heroine in the flesh.

Shelley, above right, in a spread
for Seventeen magazine,
December 1967