It is 60 years since English photographic model Jean Shrimpton, dubbed ‘The Shrimp’, caused a stir among conservative racegoers at the Melbourne Cup.
By Pauline Hastings
On October 30, 1965, the then 22-year-old wore a “swinging 60s” minidress that would go on to become the stuff of legend.
Shrimpton ventured to Flemington Racecourse in a simple dress, minus the trappings of 1960s conservative female attire: hat, gloves and stockings. She was also flashing a few extra inches of bare thigh which would have been deemed unseemly for the occasion.
This dress, a mere 10cm above the knee, would hardly turn heads in 2025.
Shrimpton was one of the world’s most photographed faces at the time, and her Derby Day appearance has been credited with driving a cultural shift in Australian s
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