Fashion Through the Years

  • Slender Figure

    Slender Figure

    Women would strive to be extremely thin and flat chested (almost boyish figure).
  • Strive to be Thin

    Strive to be Thin

    Being overweight was considered to be a sign of overindulgence and was not looked nicely upon. Women often starved to maintain their figure,
  • Pressure to be Thin

    Pressure to be Thin

    Women continued to feel a massive pressure to stay thin. They wanted to lack hips, breasts, and a defined waist, and stay away from the hourglass figure as much as they could.
  • Curves

    Curves

    Being skinny was so longer an obsession of women, now they were striving to do anything to avoid people calling them skinny or thin. Curves were a must.
  • Curves con't

    Curves con't

    Women continued to not be skinny.
  • Curves con't

    Curves con't

    Women still tried to remain curvy.
  • Weight Loss

    Weight Loss

    Women were now striving to lose weight and organizations such as Weight Watchers recruited more than 500 000 members.
  • Toned

    Toned

    Women now wanted to be fit, and the muscular look was in style.
  • Toned con't

    Toned con't

    WWomen still were striving to stay fit and excersise tapes were very commonly used in an effort for women to get in shape.
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    Many women suffer from eating disorders in a desperate effort to stay thin.
  • Thinness

    Thinness

    Women were still obsessing over being thin and toned.
  • Media

    Media

    Images in the media gave women an unrealistically high expectation as what they should look like (even though photoshop and airbrushing was a common occurence in many photos).