treselegant: “HOW TO GET THIN.” - Cassell’s Family Paper,  1864.  A snippet of a very interesting article regarding fashionable body types and the dieting fads of 1864. 

treselegant:

“HOW TO GET THIN.”

- Cassell’s Family Paper,  1864. 

A snippet of a very interesting article regarding fashionable body types and the dieting fads of 1864. 

61 Notes

  1. hyacinthdirigible reblogged this from fuckyeahvictorians and added:
    Funny how the dual societal obsessions with food (as much of as possible) and body weight (as little of as possible)...
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    This disturbs me quite a bit. I can’t see the difference in this article from the trashy crap I often catch myself...
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    I’m sure an Historic Anthropologist, or a Socio-Cultural Anthropologist in general, would find this interesting. Or find...
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    This is pretty interesting commentary on cultural differences in standards of beauty that shows just how long the...