Ideal women body types of the past 11 decades – While there may be a particular body type that is considered ideal at every given moment in time, this idea of what a perfect body looks like changes quite frequently. Depending on the time in which you are living, Sofia Vergara may have the ideal body type or Keira Knightly may have the ideal body type.
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These are two women who are built completely different, so how can they both be considered ideal?
The ideal body type is affected by many different factors. An “It Girl” can have a lot of influence over the ideal body type of the moment. It is no surprise that when Marilyn Monroe was a Hollywood star, her curvy figure was in style. When Kate Moss exploded into an iconic supermodel status, her “heroin chic” physique was all the rage. Marilyn Monroe and Kate Moss have little in common when it comes to the shapes of their bodies but they were both “it girls” who had the ability to influence an entire country’s idea of the ideal body type.
Cultural and societal changes also affect the ideal body type. After women won the right to vote in 1919, they rebelled away from the corsets that had constricted them in the past. No longer would they suffer in order to mold their bodies into the figures men wanted. Suddenly, the ideal body shape went from the curves achieved with a corset to a curve-less shape, bodies hidden under boxy, flapper dresses. When the workout craze swept the nation in the 1980s, muscular, fit bodies were suddenly in. What is considered a perfect body is constantly changing with our nation’s current priorities and preoccupations.
The following examines the past 100 years of the ideal body type in detail:
11. 1910s – The Gibson Girl
The 1910s was a time when women were suppressed legally and physically. Women still hadn’t won the right to vote and were still adhering to insane notions about what the female form should look like. Remember the scene in Titanic when Kate Winslet’s mother ties up her corset and Winslet looks like she’s basically dying? Yeah, Gibson Girls were down with doing that every single day. It was a time that was all about round curves and teeny tiny waists. Women were expected to be soft and round everywhere but their waists, which were to retract in dramatically from their large breasts. This is simply not a shape that most women can achieve naturally. The ideal hairstyle of the day was long, curled locks styled into an updo. Women wore dresses with layers and petticoats that hid the corset. Overall, the 1910s was a dark time for breathing.
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