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Throughout history, a small waist has been admired and viewed as the ideal. This reached its zenith in the late 19th and early 20th centuries after the introduction of steel, rather than whale, boning. During this time, it was common to pad the bust and the hips to emphasise the tiny size of the waist - not surprisingly, this was the era of the bustle and, later, the pigeon-fronted bodice.
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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.
