One of the first Mary Quant models, Prudence Bury was part of Swinging London at its beginning. Prue appeared with the Beatles in “A Hard Day’s Night” before Mary sent her to New York to introduce the miniskirt to America.
Prudence Bury has put her home in France up for sale. Prue says it’s time to downsize, but “Oh how I hate that expression.” Here is a link where you can see her property, which includes a separate guest/vacation house, called a gîte.
http://www.vendeehousesales.eu/index.html
What a lovely place! The farm house was restored by Prue, and she did all of the decorating, of course.
Prudence Bury-Fuchs with the Beatles band Los Brandys, November 2009
The awareness in America of Swinging London in the 60’s is evident in these guest appearances on one of the classiest old game shows, “What’s My Line?” First, Prue Bury’s friend and former boss, fashion designer Mary Quant, then their hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, followed by one of the first supermodels, Jean Shrimpton.
What’s happening right now at the most famous crosswalk in music history?
http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/#
And click here to see Prue Bury’s favorite Beatles band, Los Brandys, working inside of the fabled Abbey Road recording studios.
Kudos to Microsoft’s Bing for coming up with this link that Google missed, about the Beatles Weekend held in Ouistreham, Normandy, France back in November. But I wish there were more of Prue in the video.
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Prue Bury with Beatles band Los Brandys. Hold your mouse over the picture…
I had told Prudence Bury-Fuchs a while ago that she should be prepared to sign autographs at the Beatles Weekend in France. Prue thanked me for the thought, but she sincerely doubted that anybody would ask her!
Hi Doug,
You were right, I did not stop signing autographs. People were “thrilled” to meet me!!! So it was most enjoyable. You will have to organise a “Beatles Weekend” across the pond!
Of course I was right! Who wouldn’t be thrilled to meet her? In flawless French, Prue had no trouble charming the audience.
Prue must be the last person with a legitimate connection to the Beatles to make a first appearance at a fan event. I don’t have experience organizing shows, but now that Prue has come out of hiding from Beatles fandom, it is indeed time for her to make an appearance stateside, as well as in her native England, of course.
This is Prue with a gent named Yvon…
…and here she is with a fan named Jean-Claude. You lucky guys!
