"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
far left is, sorry, a photo copy. The gown she is wearing
is a grey blue moiré (watermark) stiff silk taffeta, heavy
quality, the shoes (size 4) were dyed to match the gown. I
had a glossy copy photo but it got damaged. The two
pictures to the right show Helen getting ready for her debut in
a 2- week variety
performance at the world famous London
Palladium Theatre. The gown is of pink stiff satin, with
overlays of white tulle and lace. The bottom picture
shows Helen in my favourite gown she wore all those 45
years ago! It was in ice blue satin taffeta. the bodice had a
overlay at the neckline of sheer
organza with blue
sparkle-like leaves, whilst the Spanish angle ruffled skirt
tiers had edging of silver lame ribbon. picture 3
the same pink satin and
white overlay gown.
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)."
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