Lalka Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Does anybody know anything about Jimmy's beauty obsession? I've read (unfortunately I don't remember where) that Jimmy was extremely hipped on good look,he spent lot of time making his hair (he used to wear curling pins..(?) ) and choosing right and pretty clothes..Maybe you know more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brspled Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 If I had to share a stage with Robert, I'd also be worried about my hair. No one can beat him on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireOpal Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Use what you've got, that's a show biz maxim. If I had an angel face like young Jimmy, I'd make the most of it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glicine Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 So it's easy to understand why Jimmy asked Terry Reid how Robert looked like. Beauty Obsession! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 So it's easy to understand why Jimmy asked Terry Reid how Robert looked like. Beauty Obsession! So . . . . Robert got the job because he'd got blond hair that would offset Jimmy's dark beauty, eh? It's all so clear now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireOpal Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Music comes first for them, we know, but looks *are* important. As smart as Jimmy is about business, he would have acknowledged that I believe. Would we care about Zeppelin as much if everyone in the band looked like Leslie West of Mountain? No, I don't think so. EDIT: I stand corrected on Leslie West after googling him - he's lost a ton of weight and doesn't have the 'fro anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana-loura Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 that's a new thing to know ... i never had any impression that Jimmy cared about that stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glicine Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 "In those days, we traveled in a station wagon on the first or second tour of America. That's the best way to travel and also you could communicate. It got a little harder later. We were in San Francisco looking for the Fillmore. We were down somewhere by Fisherman's Wharf in the fog in this Oldsmobile cruiser. Me and Bonham fooling around in the back and Jimmy saying, 'Close the window. My hair, my hair!' [laughs] -Robert Plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Miss Pamela said she helped him do his hair and Peter Grant called him 'the old girl.' according Richard Cole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 He says he likes to think in his younger days he was "quite the dandy". Once Paul Reeves started designing his stage clothes for The Yardbirds there really was no looking back, and the stage clothes he wore in the 70s are truly outrageous! Satin, delicate shoes and of course the dragon suits. Offstage, who can forget how he would wear his clothing in layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 lol Jimmy Page's wardrobe is fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 lol Jimmy Page's wardrobe is fascinating! I have had so much fun trying to draw him in his different outfits. I love his outfits. He's had almost as many as Ginger Rogers has had gowns! I've posted some of my ones of him in the drawings thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabe Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 lol Jimmy Page's wardrobe is fascinating! This undoubtedly begs a new honor for Jimmy Page. The Dapper Stratocaster Master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 It's funny because at certain periods in zep he was image conscious and other times he looked like he couldn't be bothered, bearded and dressing like a grunge rocker or a hobo. So it varied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepyep Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hi all, Does anybody know anything about Jimmy's beauty obsession? I've read (unfortunately I don't remember where) that Jimmy was extremely hipped on good look,he spent lot of time making his hair (he used to wear curling pins..(?) ) and choosing right and pretty clothes..Maybe you know more.. I think this is from HotG book where Lori saw Jimmy getting his curls just right before a show,...... KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Would we care about Zeppelin as much if everyone in the band looked like Leslie West of Mountain? No, I don't think so. I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireOpal Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hi all, I think this is from HotG book where Lori saw Jimmy getting his curls just right before a show,...... KB IIRC it was Miss Pamela who saw Jimmy with his curling iron. And he would use her Pantene hair products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 It's funny because at certain periods in zep he was image conscious and other times he looked like he couldn't be bothered, bearded and dressing like a grunge rocker or a hobo. So it varied. The first pic was Bath, though, where he was dressed like a farmer as the event was taking place in a field in the countryside--a sort of joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotplant Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Those crazy silly Brit boys. "Dandy" indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glicine Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Those crazy silly Brit boys. "Dandy" indeed. Don't you love them like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepyep Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hi all, Than Davis/Lori is wrong,.... KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 It's kind of amusing reading in the books how the women who have known Jimmy in the 70's describe him. They almost all say he was PERFECT looking, and had this magnetic aura about him that was irresistable. Of course I'm paraphrasing here, but you get the point. We've all seen the pictures, but what it must have been like to see him in person up close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanetPage Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 He says he likes to think in his younger days he was "quite the dandy". Once Paul Reeves started designing his stage clothes for The Yardbirds there really was no looking back, and the stage clothes he wore in the 70s are truly outrageous! Satin, delicate shoes and of course the dragon suits. Offstage, who can forget how he would wear his clothing in layers. ...Steve, Thank you!!! this is very informative about his designer's name. I am curious as to where he shopped for his off stage wardrobe in 60's/70's, The famous scarves, the green crushed velvet suit, (Catherine James mentions this a lot when she met him) and those hot pink shiny satin pants...I assume someone close to his heart sure is lucky in owning these priceless items... Bebe Buelle writes that she and Jimmy went shopping, where?...He purchsed expensive shirts... and I also wonder if Jimmy shopped exclusively... thank you for any info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 IIRC it was Miss Pamela who saw Jimmy with his curling iron. And he would use her Pantene hair products. I use Pantene!!! Jimmy could use mine anytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 ...Steve, Thank you!!! this is very informative about his designer's name. I am curious as to where he shopped for his off stage wardrobe in 60's/70's, The famous scarves, the green crushed velvet suit, (Catherine James mentions this a lot when she met him) and those hot pink shiny satin pants...I assume someone close to his heart sure is lucky in owning these priceless items... Bebe Buelle writes that she and Jimmy went shopping, where?...He purchased expensive shirts... and I also wonder if Jimmy shopped exclusively... thank you for any info... I discuss his connection to Paul Reeves in great detail in the Zeppelin mysteries thread, as well as whom designed some of his stage attire. Jimmy used to frequent a tailor in the Saville Row back in the 70s as he had quite a few nice suits by then. Any clothes shopping with Bebe Buell was most likely done in New York and L.A. but unlike his antiquing haunts I haven't got any specifics on this at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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