1950s
Women: Do you have the ideal figure? Here’s how to tell. (1950)
Direct from ’50s fashion experts come these tips for calculating a woman’s body measurements for the ideal figure. See how much things have changed!
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1930s
The perfect woman’s figure (1938)
The perfect 1938 figure must have curves, but it differs from the perfect figure of past decades in relationship of curves to straight lines.
1970s
Relax – skinny is out of style (1974)
If you’re making yourself miserable because you can’t diet your size-12 figure down to a size 8, relax. Skinny is out of style.
1910s
Women: How to gain weight (1918)
Hot chocolate. Roast beef. Bread with butter. Naps. No, this isn’t the ideal vacation, but tips on how to gain weight from a famous actress of long ago.
1800s
Why corsets were a multi-million dollar industry even back in 1888
An Eastern corset dealer, who has in his time evidently written editorials for a circus, claims that his corset makes any thin figure a vision of loveliness, baffling description, and defying exaggeration.
1900s
Actresses with tiny, tiny waists (1902)
A screwed-in waist is not compatible with ease and grace of movement, and, accordingly, unnaturally small waists find no favor before the footlights.
1910s
How even office girls can look like fashion models (1913)
Office girls as shapely as models Is the working girl to be barred from the Venus contest now in progress, and which has already reached
1900s
The weight, height & measurements of the ‘perfect’ American woman (1905)
The perfect American woman Measuring 50,000 of her sex to determine a standard The perfect American girl — how big around; how much does she
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