I completely love everything about the 1960’s, the fashion, the music, the art and the entire zeitgeist of the decade. However, the curvy and glamorous ideal of previous decades changed suddenly to a preference for slim, boyish frames. Female ideals consisted of very slight, slim figures, with short pixie crops and heavy eye make up. [...]
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The Ever Changing Female ‘Ideal’: 1900 - 1950 (part 1)
This image portrays the female beauty ideal in the early 1900s and the decades previous. The curvaceous and soft lines of her body represent the freedom of expression and the true, honest beauty of the female body. Women with this weight on their body nowadays could feel negatively about it due to today’s ideals, however, [...]
Glamour Espana: My most beautiful flaw
When I read the title of the article, ?My most beautiful flaw? in the May issue of Spanish Glamour magazine, I was shocked to see the word flaw related to something positive. I kept on reading and realized that the article was more an illustrated report, featuring five models with special physical characteristics – usually [...]
Look’s curvy supermodel: Clothes modelling for real women, by real women?
The average British woman is a size 14. Yet the average model, the very platform for showcasing the clothes that ‘everyday’ women are going to buy, is a considerably smaller size 6. Surely, there’s something not right here? How can we judge fashion when we know that it’s not going to look the same on [...]
Nigella Lawson and the “Burkini” Debate
She is the British food writer and self proclaimed ‘domestic goddess,’ known equally for her Rubenesque figure as she is for her mouth watering recipes. So when Nigella Lawson was photographed on Bondi Beach dressed in what has been described as a “burkini,” it was guaranteed to spark a debate. Why did she cover up? [...]
ADVANCED STYLE
Advanced Style: Age and Beauty on Nowness.com. Here at All Walks we have been loving photographer Ari Seth Cohen’s blog Advanced Style for a little while now. Showcasing women who have honed their style credentials for generations, it is a wonderful resource of creativity and inspiration. The style of Cohen’s subjects is often high-maintainance but [...]
Body Modification: extreme style
Body modification has recently hit the headlines, with Lady Gaga having extreme body implants in her shoulders and on her head and using the full-body tattooed Rick Genest (Zombie Boy) in her latest video for ‘Born This Way’. As Lady Gaga is such a huge phenomenon, her music video showcases alternative beauty to a huge [...]
SPANISH COSMO’S “BODY LOVE” CAMPAIGN
Cosmopolitan Espana magazine has developed a social initiative called Body Love, the aim of which is to help women build their self-esteem and to aid in the fight against eating disorders. According to Cosmopolitan, the “current ideal female beauty concept is far away from real women, who have curves, imperfections and real measurements.” For this [...]
ADELE: A STAR WHO SHINES FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
It is quite rare to see a music star who appears as authentic as Adele does; both her voice and look are powerful and distinctive. Only 22 years old, she has proved that it is possible to be confident and successful at an early age. Although some may think that Adele does not fit current [...]
THE CHANGING FACE OF BLACK BEAUTY
The fashion industry plays a significant role in the way in which black women and most importantly, black beauty is defined. As an impressionable teenager I recall struggling to deal with the lack of black models in mainstream fashion magazines. It was frustrating to see yet another model styled to look androgynous or repeatedly featured [...]
ALTERNATIVE FASHION WEEK - WE’LL MISS YOU THIS EASTER
Think ‘fashion week’ and your mind may immediately start to draw the following picture; stick thin and racially non-diverse models, prohibitively expensive couture and an experience only for the very elite. These negatives are anathema to Alternative Fashion Week, which takes over the very nerve centre of London’s art district, Spitalfields Market, for one week [...]
ALL WALKS BOOK CLUB:
HOW TO TAKE PART? All you need to do is to buy the book, or even rent it from your local public libary, if you area student why not share with your peers,friends and housemates? THE RULES: no rules we want your opinion and you to feel free to share your voice on the All Walks [...]