Just watched Tombstone (again) and the question occurred to me with Doc Holidays girl when he said, "Why...you're not wearing a bustle"
I wanted to put this in the history category, but I couldn't find one.
2007-02-27 16:22:45 · 5 answers · asked by je6 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
some did that could afford hair removal, but the normal ones did not shave, there was no purpose for it.
2007-02-27 16:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mack Sennett answer is in all danger--video clips had (and characteristic) a solid impact on extensive-unfold subculture, as whilst undershirt sales plummeted after Clark Gable did no longer positioned on one in It got here approximately One night. i've got examine that till now 1915, prostitutes have been the gang extensive-unfold for shaving. the supervisor reasons women persons shave are aesthetics, scent, and custom. furry armpits on an otherwise groomed woman, notably whilst she's donning something like a sleeveless ballgown, look unkempt, unsophisticated, and earthy--a greater hippy look than often wanted. in the event that they're moist with sweat, even worse. Hair additionally traps scent, so which you 're going to have greater BO while you're unshaven. And third, culturally there's a EWWW component--we are in basic terms no longer used to seeing it. Shaving the legs is finished strictly for cultured reasons--hair decrease than nylons gets all bunched up and ruins the tender look of the leg, and long, dark leg hair seems masculine. The aesthetics have lots to do with attaining an phantasm of maximal youthfulness, as stated by some here. women persons often desire to look sparkling and girlish, and actual do no longer desire to ask comparisons with an previous, furry guy.
2016-11-26 19:57:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The majority did not. An ad in Harpers magazine (1915) started the trend of women shaving their underarms, as sleeveless evening gowns were becoming popular. As hemlines shortened, women began to shave their legs a few years later.
2007-02-27 23:27:32 · answer #3 · answered by 13th Floor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't think so, I think they just grew it out and when it got really long they just chopped the majority off.
2007-02-28 01:50:21 · answer #4 · answered by Birdiebuddy_11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they did, espeically if they had money
2007-03-01 01:03:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋