30 Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past Just For The Sake Of ‘Beauty’

if i saw that i'd believe the world was coming 2 an end and some idiot decided to create mutants

If I saw it I'd be on another plantet

Maybe in some parts, but I didn't see any (luckily)

Do they? Source?

Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water.

I believe you are correct. My mother was born in 1929, and I remember her saying that nylon was rationed and stockings were quite hard to come by. WWII soldiers also brought parachutes home for their wives/girlfriends to make dresses (especially wedding dresses). They were silk. Also rationed.

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Silk was rationed for parachutes during WWII. There were no nylon stockings until later.

My mother was born in 1927 and she told me that almost all stockings at that time were made of silk, which was rationed and mostly unavailable to civilians during World War 2. She said that painting seams on the back of your legs and wearing "leg makeup" to make it look like you were wearing stockings was fairly common; and that much like today's self-tanners, you had to give the leg makeup enough time to dry properly or it would rub off on your clothes, on the car or bus seat, etc. and that it took skill to apply properly, or you would have streaks. She said she doesn't remember if nylon had been invented yet (it was) but it wasn't common in our area, and certianly not at a price accessible to most people until after the war was over.

Not wrong 😁

you are correct!

"Stocking Series, Part 1: Wartime Rationing and Nylon Riots As hemlines rose, DuPont’s wonder fabric was a sensation among women. But during WWII, it was needed for parachutes" smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/stocking-series-part-1-wartime-rationing-and-nylon-riots-25391066

My first mother in law, born in 1926, once told me that nylon was in such short supply because it was needed for parachutes told me, that they used to take a piece of burnt wood, charcoal or coal out of the indoor fireplace and draw lines on the back of their legs, so that it looked like they had stockings on, when they were not available or beyond the means of the average person.

Some people didn't have the convience of having the information in front of them, they were trying to remember what their mothers had told them years ago.

They know their history first hand , are very well informed by trust worthy family members.

You are right , some stockings were cotten, couldn't see through them but still covered a ladies legs. My grandmother had them.

I was born in 1937. I remember that too.

These people who post such obvious comments on every post. Why do they do it? And why do so many people upvote it.

No, these feet are recognizable as to what the true form should be. If done correctly, they would not have such a recognizable appendage.

...and all that horror only because the then-time idea that small feet are pretty, and men considering such women as better wives, they got chances for a better marriage with feet like that. Crippled and not able to walk. Also, that kind of gait was considered as sexy. Ah, the good old times.

"The women can't walk properly. Their feet remain very small, u-shaped but small foot prints. They can't give normal steps. The lady I watched needed someone to lean on to walk" That sounds like a fairly accurate description of a modern, western woman trying to walk in high heels. Just sayin'.

I remember that in the film THE GOOD EARTH, this was brought up many times. I can only imagine the pain in a small way. I caught Jungle Rot on both feet when I was working on a film on a tiny island off the coast of Venezuela. It was from walking barefoot. Long story short, all the skin came off my feet up to above the ankles. It lasted for YEARS until I could find a specialist in tropical disease treatment. I had to put a tarry medicine and wrap bandages and plastic bags taped onto my feet. The pain was UNBELIEVEABLE. Eventually, I finally got cured...to sign of it today. What cured it was moving the the desert Southwest! I NEVER go barefoot, not even in my own house!

And it was desirable for the husband to be able to fit his wife's foot in his mouth.