Ello luv. Welcome back to another post. This week, I’d like to talk about one of my favourite people. Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe. She has truly been an icon throughout the years, but especially in the 1950s. Marilyn was a sex symbol throughout the 50s and was praised for her beauty. She also had a delightful mind which was often overlooked.

The beauty standards of the time were much different to now, and also much different to pre war. I took some notes on the beauty standard phenomenon during class this week and I found them to be remarkably interesting. It was from a CBC article from the late 1940s and I’ll link it down below. 

While she was a stunning woman, many of her critics said she only looked good because of her expensive clothing and jewellery. To prove them wrong, she did a photo shoot in a potato sack dress.

This much mirrored the trend in the 1920s, during the Great Depression, of women creating dresses out of patterned feed bags.

I love Marilyn and her attitude to critics, and I think the 50s was a very interesting time that brought with it lots of change. I hope you’ve enjoyed this post and I’ll see you next week!