" fat " back then would probably be considered average now
( like how people say Marilyn would have been " plus size " cause she was a " size 16 " but a size 16 in her time is a size 8 today )
The sizes keep getting bigger and bigger cause people refuse to buy bigger size of something
I ask for a skirt the other day in size S which is the smallest one and its waistline was 65 cm! (25.6 inches) wtf that should be size M
And size M now is not M anymore
M now stands for Mfat and L instead of large, it's Landwhale
And having an ear pierced used to be a symbol of slavery, and genital piercings in male athletes were once used to stop the penis flapping about while they performed during events in public, and to stop slaves from reproducing.
in Scotland, saying you wished to pluck a rose meant you intended to pick up a prostitute
Prostitutes were also at one time required to wear lipstick when they were out in public, to make it clear they were not trying to impersonate ladies of high status
This was in ancient Greece iirc, so standards were a bit different. Noble ladies were discouraged from wearing makeup in general. Prostitutes were the exception, and they could actually end up in trouble if they DIDN'T wear makeup to signal that they were selling sex.
Meanwhile in the 1700s wearing lipstain before marriage was grounds for an annulment. Oddly, men didn't seem to have a problem with corsets rearranging womens' entire figures and organs, but a slightly darker shade of lips some of the time was just out of the question I guess -shrug-
Random bonus: lipstains at one time were made from a variety of things such as crushed up gems, insects, or berries.
Also in ancient Greece kissing and blowjobs weren't around. They viewed mouth to... anything interaction as unsanitary (which makes sense).. also part of the reason why males fucked teenage males (lack of blowjobs).
Oh and today too thanks to the body positivity movement
( like how people say Marilyn would have been " plus size " cause she was a " size 16 " but a size 16 in her time is a size 8 today )
I ask for a skirt the other day in size S which is the smallest one and its waistline was 65 cm! (25.6 inches) wtf that should be size M
And size M now is not M anymore
M now stands for Mfat and L instead of large, it's Landwhale
in Scotland, saying you wished to pluck a rose meant you intended to pick up a prostitute
Prostitutes were also at one time required to wear lipstick when they were out in public, to make it clear they were not trying to impersonate ladies of high status
Meanwhile in the 1700s wearing lipstain before marriage was grounds for an annulment. Oddly, men didn't seem to have a problem with corsets rearranging womens' entire figures and organs, but a slightly darker shade of lips some of the time was just out of the question I guess -shrug-
Random bonus: lipstains at one time were made from a variety of things such as crushed up gems, insects, or berries.