Beauty is Shape

Beauty is an ever-changing shape. The ideal figure that women have saught to achieve has been regularly changing throughout history. Women have always taken drastic measures to be perceived as beautiful in the eyes of their societies. This has always been fascinating, but the practices of the past were even more amazing in how incredibly severe they were. Just thinking about some of them is wince-inducing. These make me feel grateful that all we have to do today to feel flawless is squeeze into a soft, flexible, and glamorous piece of shapewear to look smooth and beautiful.

The different images of beauty that have existed and the methods women would commonly use to alter their shape in the name of fashion can be read on Fashion Era if you're interested in knowing more about it. Beauty is really quite the dangerous thing.

"Fashion is a shape, a changing shape. That shape is mainly formed and controlled by some device which affects part of the body's natural outline. What is considered beautiful in the eyes of one race may be thought horrific in another. Beauty then is in the eye of the beholder, and for centuries beauty has been shape."

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Big Beautiful Lingerie

One of the hardest things about be larger is the difficulty in finding good quality underwear or lingerie that fits you. While no one guide can be all you need to help you find the clothes you need, Ezine Articles has a nice article on buying plus sized lingerie.

I used to dread buying lingerie. I didn't think that I would be able to find anything that would fit me and compliment my curviness. I am what I would call a big beautiful woman. I am not ashamed of my size or the way I look. However, I do not want to wear any clothing that does not look nice. I refuse to look at the tents that they sometimes to try to pitch my way.

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Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Last week Victoria's Secret had it's annual fashion show and as you can see above, some of the outfits on display were rather complex and impressive. Lingerie Talk has a fairly lengthy and involved run down on the outfits and themes of the show. Give it a look if you're interested.

But there’s a lot going on under the lights at the Lexington Armory besides just those gleaming, glittering, gorgeous costumed amazons. To help put the whole VS extravaganza into context, we’ve put together this little viewers’ guide.

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Make Your Own Corset

Many women wish that they could have access to a good, well fitted corset or piece of shapewear, but some don't have the money to get a good one without making a deep dent in their monthly budget. But Cathy Hay, writing for Foundations Revealed has an interesting article on how to make your own corset. It's a work in progress though, so keep checking for updates.



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Style Clashes With Culture in Pan AM

Retro TV shows are all the rage and with them, the stylish clothes from their time period. From Pan Am, to Mad Men to Boardwalk Empire, it seems you can't flip open a TV Guide without running into a period show with a huge costume budget. But while the outfits may be stylish, as Elizabeth Wellington writes for Philly.com, the gender politics certainly weren't.




Bras were pointy and tight. Girdles, a far cry from the malleable shapewear of today, were downright painful. And girdles were required. For example, during Sunday night's Pan Am episode, Christina Ricci's character, Maggie, reminded a colleague that an attendant caught without her girdle would be fired.

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