This article originally appeared on 01.27.15
While it's no secret that the media often portrays “beautiful" women in a certain ideal fashion, what's less obvious is the changing “popular" standards of what that actually looks like.
The website Greatist recently did a rundown of these portrayals over the past 100 years, broken down by decade. The result is a fascinating look at how quickly definitions of beauty can change, often in direct response to the “beauty" that came before.

















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