Inside Marianne Faithfull's transformation from 'virginal schoolgirl' to reluctant pin-up - and the truth about those Mars Bar rumours: How singer 'hated' her appearance despite becoming a boho chic icon

Inside Marianne Faithfull's transformation from 'virginal schoolgirl' to reluctant pin-up - and the truth about those Mars Bar rumours: How singer 'hated' her appearance despite becoming a boho chic icon
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Inside Marianne Faithfull's transformation from 'virginal schoolgirl' to reluctant pin-up - and the truth about those Mars Bar rumours: How singer 'hated' her appearance despite becoming a boho chic icon
Published: Jan, 31 2025 17:23

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Inside Marianne Faithfull's transformation from 'virginal schoolgirl' to reluctant pin-up - and the truth about those Mars Bar rumours: How singer 'hated' her appearance despite becoming a boho chic icon How Marianne Faithfull looked in her late teens - a bold, blunt fringe, pout and a carousel of mini-dresses and knee high boots - made her the face of 1960s fashion, and inspired copycat trends in the decades since.

The Redlands raid - and Faithfull's nakedness bar the fur rug - sparked rumours that an orgy had taken place, with the singer long associated with a less than salubrious rumour that Jagger had inserted a Mars Bar into Faithfull's vagina and then eaten it.

The pair dated for four years and split in 1970, with the singer caught in a downward spiral of drugs after their split] Marianne, pictured here in 1965, said she was only able to see her beauty long afterwards, saying her looks 'got me into trouble'.

Throughout the sixties and seventies, she battled heroin addiction, had a miscarriage in 1968 with Mick and lost custody of her son Nicholas - she once said she received hate mail calling her a bad parent.

The singer said her reputation was damaged by the Redlands drug raid in 1967, while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards emerged looking 'more glamorous']

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