I feel a lot happier when I remind myself that there’s actually no single look that’s "beautiful" and that beauty can come in a thousand different forms. What that tells me is that there are hundreds (thousands!) of different ways for a woman to be beautiful, and what society calls “the rules” at any given moment are pretty arbitrary. When I find myself measuring how well I fit our society’s beauty ideals (hey, everyone does it sometimes), I think it’s useful to remember how diverse they have been. These are just a few examples of the wildly varying beauty standards women have negotiated throughout history. A thin silhouette as the beauty standard is a very recent development-it only started in the 1960s! It can be hard for us to imagine how much the concept of the ideal feminine body has changed throughout history, which is why this 3-minute video by. in the 50s, the “ideal” female body type was much heavier than it is today. Beauty through the ages Teeth whitening and anti-wrinkle treatments were as sought after in Renaissance times as they are today, a historian claims.
#Beauty through the ages full
A full figure was evidence of fertility-but more importantly, it was evidence of wealth.Įven in the U.S. In these societies, curviness was rare, and the heavier a woman was, the more beautiful she was considered. Until a couple hundred years ago (or less!) most people performed physical labor and ate only what they needed to survive-so they were pretty thin and muscular. In societies all over the world, beauty standards have often been connected with class and wealth. All hair was plucked, including eyebrows.
Throughout most of history, curvy has been considered the “ideal.” At the end of the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance, the fashion for the ancient beauty ideals returned, including the absence of body hair. It wasn't until the 1960s and 1970s that natural and botanical ingredients became more popular in skincare products. So for contrast, the most beautiful women painted their teeth black! During the 1920s, the famous 'flapper' look was achieved with the use of heavy makeup and skin-lightening products, leading to the dangerous trend of using harmful chemicals like mercury on the skin.
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