The Ideal Female Body Type: What Changed After A Hundred Years?

Published on 12/16/2020
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Margaret Gorman Was A Lean Beauty

Margaret Gorman, crowned in 1921 as Miss America, was a well-known queen of beauty. At that time, all of Margaret’s fans believed that the body she owned was the ideal body type. We could tell a significant difference between Margaret Gorman as well as the Gibson Girls from the prior subtopic when checking the photo. People preferred women who in this era, had lean bodies.

Margaret Gorman Was A Lean Beauty

Margaret Gorman Was A Lean Beauty

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The Soft Siren Of The ‘30s

Even though a fun and quintessential era was considered to be the Roaring Twenties, the period didn’t last very long. The stock market unpredictably collapsed, and the boxy flapper dresses were seriously touched, and ended up going out of style. In the ’30s, women preferred fitted dresses because they highlighted the curves of their bodies well. If the trend occurred a few years earlier, it would be a blunder.

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