We know for a fact now that being overweight can cause things like diabetes and heart failure (among many other things) and this can be unattractive for obvious reasons. It’s a cultural thing not entirely dictated by what men want, but what the underlying context is.Īlso, we know a LOT more today about medical science than we did 100’s of years ago. Nowadays, when food is so easily accessible in abundance, restraint is more attractive. It was generally only rich people who could afford portraits, so all the art is of bigger women. That’s because in times where you couldn’t just as easily go down to local supermarket and buy almost anything from all around the world, being fat was a symbol of wealth. The results are not only surprising, but a reminder of the innate fact that women are beautiful in every shape and size something your clients might find refreshing to learn… In the following set of eye-opening images, you’ll see just what an ideal body looks like around the world, thanks to an experiment by UK group, Superdrug Online Doctors, who gave female graphic designers in 18 countries an image of a woman with the brief to Photoshop her into the ideal woman.
When your entire job focuses around beauty, you tend to get a firsthand insight into the body battles women face every day, most of which stem from the perpetual pursuit of an unattainable (at least for most of us) social ideal of the perfect physique.īut what if we told you that same standard not only doesn’t hold true in other parts of the world, but that in many places around the globe, the so-called ‘bulge’ many of your clients are attempting to fight off is in fact considered to be the upmost standard of beauty?
Think you know what the ideal body shape for a woman looks like? Prepare for some surprises, and the urge to pack your bags and relocate…
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