Editing Stuart Sutcliffe (section)

==Astrid Kirchherr==
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Sutcliffe met Astrid Kirchherr in the Kaiserkeller, where she had gone to watch the Beatles perform. She had been brought up by her [[widowed]] mother, Nielsa Kirchherr, on Eimsbütteler Strasse, in a wealthy part of the Hamburg suburb of [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]].{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=64}} After a photo session with the Beatles, Kirchherr invited them to her mother's house for tea. She showed them her bedroom, which she had decorated in black including the furniture, with silver foil on the walls and a large tree branch hanging from the ceiling. Sutcliffe was smitten and began dating Kirchherr shortly afterwards.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=224}}

He wrote to friends that he was infatuated with her, and asked her German friends which colours, films, books and painters she liked. Best commented that the beginning of their relationship was "like one of those fairy stories".{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=225}} Kirchherr and Sutcliffe got engaged in November 1960 and exchanged rings, as is the German custom.{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=65}} Sutcliffe later wrote his parents that he was engaged to Kirchherr. They were shocked because they thought he would give up his career as an artist,{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=235}} although he told Kirchherr he would like to be an art teacher in London or Germany.<ref name="FreshAirinterviewwithAstrid"/> After moving into the Kirchherr family's house, Sutcliffe used to borrow Astrid's clothes. He wore her leather trousers and jackets, oversized shirts and long scarves, and collarless jackets. He borrowed a [[corduroy]] suit with no lapels to wear on stage, which prompted Lennon to sarcastically ask if his mother had lent him the suit.<ref name="FreshAirinterviewwithAstrid">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=18112532&m=18112531 |title=''Fresh Air'' interview with Astrid Kirchherr (15 January 2008) |publisher=[[WHYY-FM]]|access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref>