Years ago, as the often repressed, controlling era of the 1950s was gasping its last breath, and the optimism and change of the 1960s were beginning to spark, a young woman named Edie Sedgwick made her first tentative steps toward the social worlds of New York.
The daughter of a distinguished family, her parents expected a suitable marriage and settled home life - but Edie was fiercely independent. Rejecting the old school values thrust upon her, she paved her own unique path.
Quickly becoming the talk of America through acting work with Andy Warhol, fashion, art and a generally enigmatic personality, Edie Sedgwick is considered by many to be the original “It” girl. It was for her that Andy Warhol coined the term “Superstar”, the first use of this now famous phrase.
The socialites and WAGs of our time stem from this extraordinary individual (though if that’s a good thing or bad I really don’t know.) Her talent and charm continues to fascinate further generations.
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