Young Lust

Legendary party girl and one-time girlfriend to some of rock n' roll's hardest-living bad boys, California-bred Sable Starr lost her virginity to Iggy Pop at age 13 (which just sounds sick to me, nowadays), and was the most salient and recognizable face of the new group of baby groupies that prowled the Sunset Strip in the early 70's.  She was best friends with Lori Mattix, and together they became regulars at Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco, where they enchanted Led Zeppelin and other rockers, and called out rude remarks to former GTO Miss Pamela, who had dated Jimmy Page and was then the ripe old age of 25.  When the New York Dolls came to LA, Sable and friends waited by their hotel to give them a warm welcome, and to pick out the Doll they desired. For Sable, it was guitarist Johnny Thunders, and it began their tumultuous two year, coast-crossing romance. 

Ultimately, Sable was a tragic figure, disappearing from "the scene" when she was still a teenager.  She died two years ago of a brain tumor.

Here are the scans I've collected of Miss Starr and Lori (and a couple of Miss Pamela).  Please credit if you re-post, and let me know if you want me to email you bigger versions of the files (I resized them, as usual, for this blog).

Sable (far left) with Lori (right, smiling) and friends:

With Led Zeppelin.  Morgana Welch is also here (center):

David Johansen (foreground) and party-girl Sable dancing on the table at Max's:

Jimmy Page and Miss Pamela circa 1973:

Rodney, Jimmy, Miss Pamela and Lori:

Miss Pamela with Alice Cooper:

Punk rock love affair - Johnny Thunders & Sable Starr:

Sable with pal Debbie Harry circa 1977-1978, around the time she "retired":

 

all photos courtesy of/scanned from Bob Gruen's Dolls book or Creem magazine

The early days of Jerry Hall

Graduating from high school, aged 17:

Trying on one of her aunt's wigs:

Jerry and sisters at the Carnival:

Jerry with her first boyfriend, Jim Murdoch:

Very first passport that Jerry got to model in Paris:

An early modeling job:

With sister Terry:

With her dog, Butch, at home in Texas:

With Grace Jones and fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez, who became Jerry's great friends:

Jerry and Terry in Paris:

Her first modeling card (front and back):

Modeling for French magazine 20 ans:

Jerry and Antonio:

On the beach in Jamaica for English Vogue, posing for Antonio, who was drawing Jerry as a mermaid:

Antonio's pics of their road trip in Texas:

Vogue Beauty cover:

Vogue, 1975:

With friends after a shoot:

American Vogue shoot, 1974 in Miami:

Amerian Vogue, 1975, at Caesar's Palace. Arnold Schwarzenagger is in the background:

Modeling for YSL:

Barbara Allen & Jerry strutting in Manhattan:

all photos scanned by me. please credit if you repost.  look out for more Jerry pics in future posts.

photography credits:   

photo # 1-5, 7, 8, 9 - Jerry's personal collection

6, 16 - Suze/Camera Press London

17-19 - Hans Fuerer

20, 21, 23-29 - courtesy of Antonio Lopez

22, 34, 35 - Norman Parkinson

 30, 32 - FrenchVogue/Helmut Newton

31, 37-40 - Helmut Newton

41 - RexFeatures

10-15, 42, 33, 36, 42 - No credits given/known