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How the ideal figure of a Soviet woman from the 1980s differs from today's standards

'09.04.2021'

Source: Clever

As you know, every generation has its own ideas about beauty. They are dictated by many, often very deep factors, including the socio-economic system, the political situation, and therefore can be considered a kind of portrait of the era.

Rhythmic gymnastics 1986. Photo: video frame YouTube / Soviet television. GOSTELERADIOFOND Russia

What is the difference between the ideal of the figure of a Soviet woman of the 1980s and our contemporary? Reasoning Clever.

Soviet woman 1980's

The eighties of the last century in our country can be divided into two parts in terms of mood and spirit. First, stagnation still continues, the Soviet system seems unshakable, and soviet values ​​are eternal. Since 1985, Perestroika has broken out, the wind of change has blown, which, of course, could not but affect fashion and ideas about beauty.

Before the beginning of Perestroika, the attitude to the parameters of the figure in society was rather calm. Thin waist, of course, was considered beautiful, but at the same time some fullness was almost the norm. Suffice it to say that a girl from 44 to 48 size could hire a model.

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Photo: video frame YouTube / Soviet television. GOSTELERADIOFOND Russia

With the beginning of Perestroika, Western films and programs became available, including those dedicated to aerobics, video lessons with Jane Fonda. In Europe and America, the 1980s is the beginning of the era of supermodels with the notorious "90-60-90". Therefore, in the Soviet Union, the cult of a slender, long-legged beauty with pleasantly tanned skin was quickly formed.

The world, and with it the USSR, already experienced the fashion for thinness in the 1960s, but the beautiful woman of the 1980s differed from the slender models of twenty years ago in that, in addition to being slim, some muscle pumping was also appreciated. Now the beauty had to be not only thin and slender, but also athletic, strong. At the same time, very few people knew about the danger of ultraviolet radiation, so tanning became one of the signs of beauty.

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Photo: video frame YouTube / Soviet television. GOSTELERADIOFOND Russia

Modern Woman

Supermodels reigned on the catwalks of the world until very recently, and even now they still retain their positions. Thinness and slenderness are still in trend. However, the idea of ​​the ideal figure has undergone some changes.

A flat stomach is, of course, still relevant. However, “appetizing forms” have come into vogue. Skinny girls of the "unisex" era were replaced by beauties with lush breasts and rounded buttocks. It is in these days that the industry of silicone busts and other plastic surgeries has flourished to achieve the coveted "big curves" of the figure.

Tanning is becoming less mandatory. Doctors told the world about the dangers of excessive sunbathing, and this has created a fashion for natural skin color.

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