The Splendid And Captivating Marilyn Monroe (And Her Body)
Perhaps the most easily recognizable and iconic beauty of all time, Marylin Monroe, was the perfect hourglass bombshell and the benchmark for mid-century beauty. It seemed like no woman could hope to top her, and she was almost like a goddess during that time. Indeed, Marylin had it all, her real name Norma Jean. As much as Marylin was adored, she was also envied, and she had a hard time getting along with some ladies. Marilyn was curvy and confident.
The Splendid And Captivating Marilyn Monroe
The Sudden Skinniness Of The 60s
With the turn of the next decade came another revolution in beauty standards. Interestingly, the era of hippies and rebellion, free love, flower power, and of people breaking free of normal society’s standards in general, was also the era where women were now being suddenly urged to begin starving themselves! The super-thin, fairy look was in now, and no one wanted to see curves anymore it seemed. Rather, a narrow waist, lanky limbs, and hidden hips were trending.
The Sudden Skinniness Of The 60s
