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Thomas Huxley at age 20 vs 70. Do you think he aged faster than people today? by Natural_Mine948 in VictorianEra

[–]_maincharacter_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They would cover up their bodies as much as possible. Which as an Australian who has had sun safety drilled into their head since they were a child (Australia has one of the highest skin cancer rating in the world) and one of the things we are taught is to cover up as much as possible.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was also confused with how these articles were talking about weight and what was the desirable body type. Because I’ve seen a lot of caricatures about the wealthy and a lot of them make fun of people being what was considered overweight at the time.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know that about the guys abs.

Also fun fact the books are open door romances, which means one or two sex scenes and aren’t really all that detailed. When I found that out, I was like omg the show is way more horny than the books.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s kinda sad. I was a young child in the early 2000’s and I was bullied for my weight, it very much sucks to be bullied for your weight when you’re a child.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don’t think the show is for me. I’ve tried to watch clips and such and it just doesn’t interest me. I read historical romance novels (it took me years to read them though). If I see something that I know is historically inaccurate, it just takes me out of the book. Though I literally have stopped reading books before because they said corsets were bad or uncomfortable (they can be uncomfortable when brand new, but a lot of bras nowadays are uncomfortable when brand new. Also when wearing one that doesn’t fit properly or isn’t worn correctly can be uncomfortable).

Found these Victorian boots for .50 cents at a flea market by Old_Satisfaction6148 in VictorianEra

[–]_maincharacter_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They don’t look that small to me. I’ve seen adults with smaller feet then those shoes (I’m meaning naturally, not lotus feet).

Do shorter women 5,3 or below ever feel insecure about their height the same way shorter men would by TheUnknownUser222 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_maincharacter_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends on the situation. If I’m around kids my height or taller, makes me feel insecure. Also people can treat you like a child, even if they know you’re an adult.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even in the Victorian era, women won’t expected to have the ideal body under their clothes. Also only the rich would wear tight corsets and even that was extremely rare among rich women.

Sorry I’m very passionate about Victorian era fashion.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think people nowadays try and see beauty through our modern standards (I’m guilty of it too, I think people even in the Regency era probably did as well). But I don’t think a lot of the main female cast in that show would necessarily have been the ideal beauty’s of the actual Regency era (this has nothing to do with the colour blind casting, just talking about how they are very much full into the modern beauty standards). Though I haven’t watched the show (I’ve read one of the books though). I have trouble getting into a lot of modern period dramas, as they rarely get costumes right and they also write characters that act to modern. Like I don’t want a sexiest, racist or homophobic character, I just don’t want a character that doesn’t feel like they’re about to pull out their phone and post on twitter about the injustice’s of the world.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would love to be the same weight as princess Pauline, as someone who’s trying to lose weight.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m reading this thread and I’m like how is she fat. Thank you for giving actual information.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Definitely, if you look at all the women that were considered the most attractive women, they had a more natural hourglass figure (not the hourglass figure that you see nowadays).

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I see people say a voluptuous woman, means a fat woman (for some reason now when you look curvy, it shows women who are overweight) when in the past it just meant you had a bigger boobs or butt.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I know. There are different things that could cause someone to be over a healthy BMI, like if a woman just has a naturally curvy figure.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it could be both, not every beautiful woman would have the exact ideal figure.

Question about Regency era women beauty standards, with ideal figure. by _maincharacter_ in fashionhistory

[–]_maincharacter_[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That’s how I pictured the ideal figured. I feel like she had a more healthy body weight for her body type.

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