The Gibson Girl was essentially a beauty ideal during the turn of the century which developed from Charles Dana Gibson's illustrations of perfect women. The Gibson Girl was like today's photoshopped model, unrealistic, beautiful, stylish and feminine. The Gibson Girl style made a big impression on women of the day. Although the Gibson Girl wasn't just pen and ink, muses like Evelyn Nesbit, Irene Langhorne Gibson, and Camille Clifford are a few examples of real "Gibson Girls"
That's Camile Clifford! (I know, who knew she was in such an iconic image)
The hourglass figure, effortless bouffant, and perfect clothing didn't only make impressions on Americans, the style traveled and became idealized abroad too.
In my opinion, the "Gibson Girl" is still what we strive for today. All we have from the Victorian era are leftover remnants of people's lives, but I guess this one, tiny thing stayed with us.
No matter what time period you live in, we are all human. Trends and beauty ideals don't have timelines. In the end, the beauty standards we strive for in 2017 are the same as they did in the Victorian era. Sometimes that's hard to see but once you look deep enough, you'll notice it everywhere.
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