Muse Monday: "Women of the Rolling Stones"

It's no question that the Rolling Stones have played a huge role in fashion and hair since forming in 1962. While we get a little dreamy hearts in our eyes when looking at old picture of Mick, Keith and the boys we are even more inspired by the beautiful women that were made famous by hanging on the arm of one of these lads.

Anita Pallenberg
Although Anita began her love affair with the late Brian Jones in the 60's, she ultimately ended up with guitarist Keith Richards. While Anita's love interest(s) in the Rolling Stones may have been her introduction to fame, she cultivated a 40 year long career for herself in which she played in over a dozen films as well as being a fashion icon that has stood the test of time. Anita's hair isn't the only thing we swoon over, though. Her ability to make a t shirt and jeans with a tousled bob look high fashion was something executed so perfectly during the height of her popularity.

 

Marianne Faithful

Marianne began her career in 1964 singing in coffee houses. Soon after she became acquainted with the Rolling Stones by attending a release party for the band that very year. She had a short lived marriage with artist John Dunbar, lasting less than 7 months. After having their son, Nicholas, Marianne left Dunbar for Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. Faithful's involvement with Jagger had a large impact on his songwriting, resulting in a plethora of Stones songs that have been rumored to be about her. While her 5 year relationship with Jagger was a big part of Marianne's notoriety she did, in fact, create quite the name and career for herself and continues to perform today. Our favorite era of Marianne was during her time with Jagger. However tumultuous the relationship between the two was, the images from that era continue to inspire us almost 50 years later. Whether she was in a shoulder skimming bob or a long cut with heavy fringe, Faithful always looked flawless from head to toe. 

 

Uschi Obermaier

While Uschi's involvement with the Rolling Stones mostly consisted of "affairs" with Mick and Keith during a 1975 tour she accompanied the band on, we couldn't leave her out. Uschi's dark "always undone" locks are the perfect example of the "less is more" approach to hair. While Obermaier's influence on the Stones may have been a blip on the radar, her biography titled "High Times"did make it to the best seller list. In 2007 the book was adapted for film and renamed "Eight Miles High" (or Das Wilde Leben; the original German title).

 

Linda Keith

Girlfriend to Keith Richards in the early 1960's, Linda Keith is rumored to be the inspiration for "Ruby Tuesday". Richards claimed the song was about a random groupie during a 1971 interview but later remained to say it was, in fact, about Linda Keith who had left him for Jimi Hendrix. While Linda doesn't seem to have been nearly as big of a player in the Rolling Stones career as Marianne or Anita, she definitely had an influence on the band. Her style definitely had an impact on us, proving that she could look good in a 60's pixie or classic Jackie-O style bob.

 

So there you have them, our favorite Rolling Stones Girlfriends and some of the women who have had the best fringe to date!