The History of Shaving
source: http://thedemoiselles.com/archives/the-history-of-shaving
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Like every other beauty standard, the history shaving comes down to marketing.
In the early 1900s, women were already worried about hair, but only the stuff you could see. The fashions of the period covered the arms and legs, leaving the top of the head – grab your combs and scissors, ladies! – and faces as the only hair one might have to be concerned about. But in 1915, all that changed.
An advertisement came out in Harper’s Bazaar featuring a new fashion: sheer, short or non-existent sleeves that, when a woman’s arm was raised, showed her then-hairy pits.
Read more:
http://thedemoiselles.com/archives/the-history-of-shaving
In the early 1900s, women were already worried about hair, but only the stuff you could see. The fashions of the period covered the arms and legs, leaving the top of the head – grab your combs and scissors, ladies! – and faces as the only hair one might have to be concerned about. But in 1915, all that changed.
An advertisement came out in Harper’s Bazaar featuring a new fashion: sheer, short or non-existent sleeves that, when a woman’s arm was raised, showed her then-hairy pits.
Read more:
http://thedemoiselles.com/archives/the-history-of-shaving
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