The idea of perfect beauty has shaped the public consciousness for thousands of years. It has constrained and defined women whilst liberating and inspiring others.

11th March 2012

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The ideal beauty of the 1920s had very heavily defined eyes, a delicate mouth featuring an exaggerated cupid’s bow, short hair although usually curled and feminine, a flat, boyish figure, a long neck and a youthful joie de vivre about her look and her costume. 

The ideal beauty of the 1920s had very heavily defined eyes, a delicate mouth featuring an exaggerated cupid’s bow, short hair although usually curled and feminine, a flat, boyish figure, a long neck and a youthful joie de vivre about her look and her costume. 

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