Hannah Fry
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Isobel 📸🖊️ :
The history of retouching is so much older than people realise. They literally used to scrape waists away off the glass plates, and they regularly retouched skin as well, that’s why everyone looks so glowy and have no collarbones!
2025-05-15 12:44:53
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Chris p bacon :
Ahh, tiktoks prettiest redhead.
2025-05-15 12:22:37
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lucialove1710 :
Many corsets, even if worn comfortably, will also smooth out the waist and slightly re-distribute the squish, adding to the illusion of a tiny waist. Source: my own experience wearing corsets 🤷
2025-05-15 13:03:57
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Jo 🇬🇧 🇳🇿 :
In the 1980s, we wore such tight jeans that my sisters and I would lie down on the bed while another used a fork to pull up our zip. Thankfully stretchy denim got invented some time in the 00s.
2025-05-15 12:26:02
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Sam :
Fashion uses to be about silhouettes, rather than size. The idea was to create the right shape with your clothing and shapewear, and so anyone could wear the fashionable style regardless of size
2025-05-16 08:31:00
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Bronte - Aotearoa NZ :
Also, big sized dresses are less likely to survive as they would be cut down to make new dresses from the fabric. The small sizes didn't have enough fabric to do that with. Survivorship Bias.
2025-05-16 07:43:51
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Ben Lemon🇬🇧 :
“Sharp scissors and a Pritt Stick.” You Professor, are the Queen of the soundbite!
2025-05-15 21:45:09
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Ruby :
I would assume that women were also more petite in height so generally slimmer than they are today. I’m late 40s, a very average height of 5ft 6, so many young women are taller than me. My mu
2025-05-15 20:08:54
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Anne BB 🇬🇧 :
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
2025-05-15 17:24:54
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suzieb37 :
I absolutely love your posts. You are such an intelligent lady. Thank you so much please keep posting!
2025-05-15 20:13:23
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Kuda Filda :
One of the most intelligent and educated women of our time sharing knowledge in such an engaging way and the comments are so disheartening. 😩😩🙄
2025-05-15 16:59:27
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lisc :
😅 a pritt stick! Scary that we've always edited ourselves in "photos" as if people don't see us in real life every day.
2025-05-15 16:12:56
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russells07 :
I could listen to you all day
2025-05-15 15:15:03
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Maybe :
What religion
2025-05-15 12:03:29
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simon6467 :
i love your stories Hannah
2025-05-17 20:27:33
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BgBigfoot 🇧🇪🇵🇹 :
Very interesting, thank you!
2025-05-16 07:12:41
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Keith :
Love your content palindrome 🙏♥️
2025-05-15 23:25:37
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cleannewleaf :
Love your work 👏
2025-05-15 20:49:32
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P A T R I K :
Did you say skull shaping? 🤯
2025-05-16 09:08:31
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MildredHistorian :
I wear a crinoline for my work, I love the shape it gives. My not so small waist line looks positively neat!
2025-05-15 20:12:35
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Alle Alexandra :
Where I’ve learnt about some victorian history (a highschool in Romania) we actually were told Victorian women were quite large, quite over UK18 size. I was surprised in Scotland 🏴 that people didn’t know
2025-05-30 06:24:13
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Lord Gregory of Westward Ho! :
Have you seen this gingers are black thing?
2025-05-18 21:01:39
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Lucy Jones :
Also corsets reshape your waist even without reducing it. My waist is naturally wider face on but narrower from the side, wearing a corset my waist looks tiny face on but wider from the side.
2025-05-17 11:42:01
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Mary Broderick :
Very interesting !
2025-05-16 19:47:00
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ZIGGY MOTO :
The Victorians had print-stick??😂 amazing insights.
2025-05-16 05:31:02
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