Beauty
Italian Renaissance
(c. 1400-1700)
Ample bosom
Rounded stomach
Full hips
Fair skin
Victorian England
(c. 1837-1901)
Desirably plump
Full-figured
Cinched waist
Women wore corsets to
achieve the ideal body
shape
Roaring Twenties
(c. 1920s)
Flat-chested
Downplayed waist
Short bob hairstyle
Boyish figure
Golden Age Of
Hollywood
(c. 1930s – 1950s)
Curvy
Hourglass figure
Large breasts
Slim waist