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WHAT IS “BEAUTY”?

WHAT IS “BEAUTY”?. What is beauty ?. Who defines it?. What is it that makes these women beautiful?. Does “beauty” change?. Or is it always the same?. Beauty through the ages. The changing concept of “beauty”. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” - Margaret Wolfe Hungerford.

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WHAT IS “BEAUTY”?

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  1. WHAT IS “BEAUTY”?

  2. What is beauty? Who defines it?

  3. What is it that makes these women beautiful? Does “beauty” change? Or is it always the same?

  4. Beauty through the ages The changing concept of “beauty”

  5. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” - Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

  6. Can you name these Hollywood icons?

  7. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” - Confucius (1878)

  8. 1900s Camille Clifford (Gibson Girl) • At this point in history, slenderness was becoming more fashionable. • The invention of the bra. • A ‘Gibson Girl’–the feminine ideal of beauty portrayed in the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson. • Women idolized Clifford’s hourglass figure and towering hair.

  9. 1920s Clara Bow (film star) • Women abandoned traditional notions of femininity, binding their breasts to achieve a ‘washboard’ figure. • Traded in corsets for looser fitting outfits with a ‘boyish’ feel. • Comfortable. • Flapper dresses & ‘short’ skirts that showed off and accentuated long legs. • Cropped haircuts were the norm (symbol of freedom of expression).

  10. 1950s Marilyn Monroe (Model, actress & singer) • Sexual & in full femininity – curves, breasts, full makeup, glamour pin-up style hair. • Idolized women who were sexy, full figured, hourglass shaped & glamorous both day and night. • Flawless – perfection was key. • Monroe was perceived as the epitome of beauty in the 50s.

  11. 1960s Twiggy (Model) • 1960s saw the biggest change in ideals of beauty in 20th Century. • Super slim, boyish frames. • Short pixie hair cuts & heavy eye make-up. • Twiggy • In 1966, Twiggy was named ‘The Face of 1966’ and voted British Woman of the Year. • Personified the swinging 60s mod culture in London. • Known for her androgynous look, large eyes and short hair.

  12. 1970s Farrah Fawcett (Hollywood actress) • Ideal of slim and slender still in effect. • Women began to revolt against ‘beauty’ in the 70s. • Natural beauty. • Blown-out waves (‘bed-head’ hair) and natural makeup – the ‘unkempt look’. • Mixture of hippy ideals of beauty and the early disco trends (e.g. voluminous clothing).

  13. 1980s Brooke Shields (Actress & model) • Careerism & power-dressing (e.g. shoulder pads, mini-skirts). • Between overdone and unkempt. • Strong brows and big hair were the norm. • Natural makeup was nowhere to be seen – bright and bulky eye shadows, blush, mascara and lipstick.

  14. 1990s Cindy Crawford & Kate Moss (Models) • Two main ideals • “Glamazon” models (Moss) • Athletic but curvaceous figures (Crawford) • Toned, muscled, slender bodies. • Healthy look. • Plastic surgery started to become popular as women searched to have ‘body perfection’.

  15. PRESENT & FUTURE What does ‘beauty’ look like now? How do we define it today? What will ‘beauty’ look like in the future?

  16. “The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.” - Francis Bacon

  17. “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.” - Helen Keller

  18. Final thoughts… What does Ellen have to say about beauty?

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