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Gibson girl classic, comely woman of illustrations (1890s). [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 283] See : Beauty, Feminine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is important to remember, Hunter points out, that the icon of the New Woman, "The Gibson Girl," was, in fact, a girl. If you've ever puzzled over the disappearance of fashionable silhouettes of previous decades--the bunker-chested Gibson Girl of the 1910s, the boyish flapper girl of the 1920s--remember those styles peaked before the invention of bra cups for suspending each breast individually made the idea of both a bosom (singular) and a flat chest obsolete. ``It was very busy,'' said Anna, dressed again in a period gown with her blond hair fashioned in a Gibson Girl updo. |
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