Camilla Antoinette Clifford (June 29, 1885- June 28, 1971), daughter of the late Reynold Clifford and Matilda Ottersen, was born in Antwerp, Belgium. She was an actress, working at stages in the United States and in England, and famous for her beauty, known as the ideal Gibson Girl. Indeed, her towering coiffure and long, elegant gowns wrapped over her hourglass figure and tightly corsettedwasp waist virtually defined the style. Image File history File links Camille_Clifford_3. ... Image File history File links Camille_Clifford_3. ... A USPS stamp depicting a Gibson girl The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during the first 15 years of the twentieth century. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Belgian Baroque painter Rubens. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked... A USPS stamp depicting a Gibson girl The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during the first 15 years of the twentieth century. ... It has been suggested that Waist cincher be merged into this article or section. ... Wasp waist (1885) Wasp waist by hip form girdle (1901) Wasp waist refers to a style of corset and girdle that has experienced various periods of popularity in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...
From obscure Scandinavian-American origins, CamilleClifford became an overnight sensation upon the London stage in 1904 as the epitome of the 'Gibson Girl'.
Clifford, only an assurance as to his "means." The lady was a "Gibson girl" on the Vaudeville stage, i.e.
Phillips explained to me that the dress which Miss CamilleClifford wore in The Prince of Pilsen [Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 14 May 1904], and which has been recently advertised as the original Gibson Girl costume, was a totally different one to that which Miss CamilleClifford now wears.
She was raised for a time in Denmark and then whilst still quite young was taken to the USA aboard a scandinavian emigrant ship (possibly by her mother alone as she landed in Nova Scotia under the name of Ottersen).
It was an imaginary ideal that few real women could come close to, but Camille fit the part so perfectly that she could have been the very model on whom the drawings were made.
Following the death of her husband Camille made a brief return to the stage, appearing in "The Girl of the Future" at the Finsbury Park Empire and then on tour.
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