As part of Bailey's seminal 'Young Idea Goes West' feature, this photograph represents Bailey's revolutionary approach to location fashion photography. With Shrimpton emerging from a Chinese telephone box, the composition creates a striking visual narrative that emphasises both the model and the urban context.

Writer and curator Martin Harrison described these New York photographs as combining Bailey’s 'feeling for fashion and his rapport with the emerging energy of the times.' Shot with 35mm film, Bailey's series here transformed fashion photography by moving it from studio formality to reportage immediacy and street-level authenticity, reshaping the visual language of fashion.

The telephone booth - a symbol of private conversation and public intimacy - becomes a metaphor for Shrimpton’s dual role as a personable icon and untouchable muse. As one of only ten extant silver gelatin prints, its rarity mirrors the fleeting brilliance of the cultural moment it captures.