Beauty Throughou

t TimeCatie Ladner & Cassie Briffett

Summary

• Our project goes throughout each decade in American highlighting what beauty looked like for women. Using icons of those times, we include an examination of makeup, hair and body type.

1920’s “Roaring Twenties”

• Flappers• Short bobbed/waved hair• Flat chested (boyish

figure)• Smoked cigarettes • Use of makeup

• Pale powder, plucked eyebrows, draw in arches, bright red lipstick

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAgIB5FtKPMThe influence of cinema played a huge role

on trends for the first time in history

1930’s/1940’s“The War Years”

• Females became more conservative and sophisticated

• Curves were no longer de-emphasized, very feminine, longer skirts which highlighted natural waistline

• Hats & gloves were popular accessories

• Make up• Pale skin• Rouge & lipstick to brighten faces• Fake eyelashes

• Hair• Shoulder length hair• Soft curls

Bette Davis 1930’s

Bette Grable 1940’s

1950’s“After WWII”

• Tradition & Conservative values came back• Women could do chores without a

hair falling out of place

• Curvy – large hips (baby boom)

• Make up • Pale Complexion• “Doe Eye” : Eye shadow on lids,

heavy eye liner, penciled eyebrows and mascara

• Hair• Teased, styled, sculpted & sprayed

to form perfect curls, waves & bouffants

• D.A & Pompadour Marilyn Monroe

1960’s“Feminism”

• Women moving into the workplace meant complex hairstyles went out of fashion• Short bobs were back

• Makeup• Dark eyes & pale lips• By end of 60’s make

out went out due to the hippie movement

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y6zLbavwSI

Twiggy

1970’s“Sexual Revolution”

• Fuller figure• Breasts & Hips

• Makeup• Bronzer (tanned skin)• Natural look (mid toned

shadow)• Glossy lips

• Hair • became a symbol • Long, free, natural, curls

• Micro mini & maxi skirts, bellbottom jeans, platform shoes

Farrah Fawcett

1980’s“Fitness Craze”

• Fit body• “buns of steel”• “rock hard abs”

• Makeup• Vibrant colors

• Hair• “The bigger the

better”• Intentionally

messed up• http://www.youtube

.com/watch?v=VA5_IwEA2Pg

Cindy Crawford

1990’s“Globalization”

• “Alternative rock” look

• Makeup• Brown lipstick• Colored mascara• Glitter hairspray

• Hair• “the Rachel” from

Friends

• Extreme thinness• “heroin chick”

• Weight loss, strung out look

Kate Moss

2000’s-Present• Skinny

• Makeup• Mineral makeup • Black eyeliner• Long, bold

lashes

• Hair• Long and

straight or big curls

• Side part

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnzOd43pbCg

Nicole Ricci, Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz

Resources

• http://maddieruud.hubpages.com/hub/Standards_of_Beauty_An_Illustrated_Timeline

• http://www.ukhairdressers.com/history%20of%20beauty.asp

• http://theaestheticelevator.com/2007/02/07/beauty-female-aesthetics-through-the-years/