Not only for women for beauty.
For each century has its fashion trends, and XIX century – is no exception. On that not only were women to fit capricious fashion: I went in winter, in light dresses, drinking vinegar for white skin, tightened yourself up corset faint and dizzy. And many people were still that very often such experiments with her body ended in death.
In the early nineteenth century fashion entered the Empire style, the impetus for the development of which was the French revolution and the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte. The new Emperor wanted to emphasize the new status of France and the classical tradition, reinterpreted in new ways, as well as possible, fit the French empire, i.e. the Empire.
Antique fashion immediately picked up ladies and started sewing light muslin dresses. French women don’t shy semi-transparent dresses through which you can see all the sexy curves. Moreover, some ladies even soaked fabric to better drawn their outlines. Of course, a tutu increased the percentage of mortality among women. After all, light dresses, once considered popular in hot Greece, it is not suited to the climatic conditions of France.
Newspapers were headlines about the death of a particular young lady who has died from pneumonia. After the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt his wife Josephine style kashemirova shawls, a little bit to protect ladies from cold. In some European countries dress in the Empire style change, given the climatic conditions. The outfits appear in long sleeves and the chest area becomes more closed.
In the first couple decades of the XIX century is beginning to be appreciated natural beauty, so the ladies are almost completely refuse jewelry. Skin was supposed to be gentle delicate, so fashionista even slept with gloves on.
In the 20-ies of the XIX century is changing dramatically the ladies ‘ silhouette (hourglass). Now in fashion big sleeves, a narrow waist and wide skirt. Ladies again tighten themselves up in corsets. There were cases, when the girl died from the fact that three ribs pierced her liver due to the constricted corset. Fainting and fatigue doctors connected with “muscle weakness”, which was the fault of the ladies dress, the weight of which sometimes reaches 20 kg.
All the girls also cared about the whiteness of his skin, as the swarthy face was considered a sign of commoners who labored in the fields. To achieve the desired complexion, women drank lemon juice or vinegar, and ate crushed chalk.
