Drapery
Greeks idealized the young male body
This was a time where use of gymnasiums,and health and fitness where highly thought of.
Drapery reappears in the late 17th C.
Molding the body,
shaping the body through corsets
"exactly Venus's measurements" Lithograph 1830
Mr. Pearl
Lace in Pad out
Other cultures ideals of beauty,
Chinese foot binding
-aristocratic
foot is broken and bent under. shoes were dainty, embroidered.
Height of foot binding 18-19th c.
went on until about WWI
Africa, scarification, lip rings (plate lips), gauged ears, elongated necks
Fashion will also use padding and such to emphasize different parts of the body
The Aesthetic Movement
Liberty Gown
Objecting to the tightly laced new ideals of beauty, celebrating the natural shape, fitness, and health.
It's not until the 19th C. that leisure fitness becomes popular
Image Icons
Marilyn Monroe
Today fashion is obsessed with youth and the slender '0' boyish figure
Consumer culture
our culture today is all about how we can change our bodies though, gym, diet, cosmetic surgery etc.
Micheal Foucault Philosopher
- body building
- tattooing
- cosmetic surgery
- piercing
Who controls your body?
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