Sharon Tate was the beautiful blond actress and icon who starred in “Valley of the Dolls,” married director Roman Polanski, and then was brutally murdered by Charles Manson’s gang at a Benedict Canyon home in August of 1969. Her husband Polanski was on a film set in Europe. Before her death, the couple were the iconic epitome of Euro-Hollywood chic.
But her hairstyle – center parted, over the shoulders, and slightly wavy and flipped – lives on today, particularly showing up on tv shows like “Gossip Girls” – and is still highly influential still in beauty circles. She often wore her crown teased a bit, very Dusty Springfield-style. Kate Moss has often adopted the look.
Now Sharon’s sister Deborah Tate will be showing an exhibition of some of Sharon’s clothes – very sixties styles – on the 40th anniversary of her death, this August 8th. It will be a mixed media art exhibit, and will certainly show that her breezy sixties’ style and great looks and mini dresses and white pants are still all in vogue today. It will be shown in a studio in Culver City, and you can be sure Sharon Tate images will be showing up in August magazines and on tv that week. Even Farrah Fawcett had a Sharon Tate-inspired look. This is real Hollywood fashion nostalgia. – Merle Ginsberg at Fashion Rules.
