Dave Barber:
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"These pictures are of
the well known 1960s, UK legend pop star icon, Helen Shapiro,
when she was 15 in 1962, at the height of her fame. The picture
at Notes
of interest: Helen really hated these gowns, and preferred
to wear something slinky and more sophisticated. but her record
company said no - she had to be the typical teenage next
door girl pretty image. She got rid of them in the early 1970s.
I have had the delightful pleasure of meeting this very
lovely woman over the years since 1976 on numerous occasions -
Helen is one of the GENUINELY NICEST people you could ever meet
in show business. These days she is no longer in
showbiz, but has become a born again Christian, giving wonderful
gospel testimony evenings. She will be 62 this year, and
still looks wonderful! I asked her about the gowns, and
she told me I could have had, my favourite gown I liked, the ice
blue Spanish skirt one, and the blue grey moiré taffeta one, the
money going to her favourite charity, if only she had known
earlier. Even Helen herself has no idea where the gowns
are now. I hope NOT TORN TO RAGS. I am still searching the
web for them. They were UK size 10 (Helen is still that
size)." |
Dave Barber:
"Helen
Shapiro, 60s UK pop star in my favourite gown of hers, pale blue
satin taffeta, it looks very rustly and stiff. She is 14/15
in this photo, taken in early 1962. Her frock was designed and
made by Roy Mothersole; cost £80, then a fortune, now more like
£500!
...a really nice bouffant worn by Era UK pop
star
"Yellow dress in wild silk, with fan cut out eyelet embroidery on
the bodice neckline and skirt hem. worn at the Ivor Novello Song
Awards in 1962 (BBC).
Helen Shapiro
tendered by Dave Barber
Note the number of pettis under the skirt, making it almost
bell-like."
...another nice frock worn by Era UK pop star
"Brocade
dress, at one of her concerts in the ABC Cinema in Bradford, UK ."
David Barber
sends one of his favorite
Helen Shapiro
frocks 1962 A bit
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this link:
Type in 'Helen Shapiro,'
Dave Barber:
"A picture of 60s pop
star Helen Shapiro (UK). It's from her first ever, annual, Helen Shapiro's
Book for Girls at the time of issue in 1961. The dress she is
wearing, I think came from Butterricks Patterns or something, or one of the
popular fashion labels for girls out at the time. She also did some fashion
shoots, for UK mail order catalogs around that time as well. It is also the
dress she wore in the pop film musical, It's Trad, Dad (USA
"Ring-a-Ding Rhythm!") . Made of polished cotton, or glazed cotton, in
stripes of pink,
pale green, pale blue, black and white. Polished cotton full skirts were
quite 'stiffish,' and had a sort of swishy rustle noise as the girl walked,
as the frothy petticoats rubbed against the skirt, more so if they were
paper nylon ones. It is a shame that the petticoat can't be seen under
Helen's skirt in this photo. I hope more adverts turn up on paper nylon
rustle petticoats."
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Helen Shapiro
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