Leslie Stiles
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[[Image:Camille Clifford.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Camille Clifford]] as she sang 'Why Do They Call Me a Gibson Girl?' with [[Leslie Stiles]] ]] | [[Image:Camille Clifford.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Camille Clifford]] as she sang 'Why Do They Call Me a Gibson Girl?' with [[Leslie Stiles]] ]] | ||
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- | '''Camilla Antoinette Clifford''' ([[June 29]],[[1885]] - [[June 28]],[[1971]]), was an actress and model famous as the original "[[Gibson girl]]". Daughter of Reynold Clifford and Matilda Ottersen, she was born in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]. In the early 1900's she won US$2000 in a magazine contest sponsored by illustrator [[Charles Dana Gibson]] to find a real-life version of his "Gibson girl". She became an actress, performing in the United States from 1902 and England from 1904. | + | Leslie Stiles (b.1876) |
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- | While only playing walk-on parts, Clifford became famous for her beauty, and was known as the ideal [[Gibson Girl]]. However, she was by no means the only woman (or man) to play the popular character. Her towering coiffure and long, elegant gowns wrapped around her hourglass figure and tightly [[corset]]ted [[wasp waist]] (claimed to be 18 inches) defined the Gibson girl style. Photographs of her taken by Lizzie Caswall Smith taken in 1905 often appear in historical fashion books and on web sites to illustrate the [[Edwardian]] style. | + | |
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- | Camille Clifford (1885-1971) aka The Gibson Girl (photo: [[Bassano]], London, 1906) | + | |
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