How the concept of sensuality has evolved over the years

Here we are entering the most romantic month: February!

 

The luckiest among us are thinking about the outfit to wear on Valentine's Day, but many of us this year will celebrate as happy and proud singles!

 

Yet one wonders how a person is attracted? What makes us sensual in the eyes of others?

 

This is not a simple or unique concept, which over the years has continuously changed, following the trends of each era.

 

After the war, it was the big screen that dictated beauty standards, presenting figures with a slim waist and curves “in the right places”, to the point that women were used to wearing pre-shaped, padded lingerie and swimwear to fill out as much as possible and achieve an hourglass silhouette.

 

Later, a leaner look came to be preferred, until reaching the sculpted bodies built through pilates in the early eighties.

 

Then we arrive at one of the most worrying chapters in the concept of beauty: the heroin chic of the nineties, of which Kate Moss, with her androgynous look, hollow face and slender figure, is the clearest example. At the time, women tried to lose as much weight as possible, convinced that thinness and sensuality went hand in hand.

 

Fortunately everything changed again: in the 2000s, TV celebrities, first among them the Kardashians, showed that an abundant figure can be just as seductive as, if not more than, a slim one.

 

So what is considered beautiful today?

 

The answer is: everything. On runways as well as online, “alternative” and unexpected standards of beauty are increasingly proposed, and what were once considered flaws (such as freckles, vitiligo or a unibrow) are now even celebrated, in order to stand out from the crowd. What truly makes one attractive is self-confidence: wearing one's skin with pride and enhancing oneself as much as possible.

 

So what are you waiting for? Put on your most beautiful dress, the most accessible and appealing one, and step out of your shell!