Gibson Girl

The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during the first 15 years of the twentieth century.

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Illustrator - Charles Dana Gibson

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The Gibson Girl was tall, thin, fine-featured, and achingly beautiful. Her neck was thin, her hair piled high upon her head in the contemporary fashion.

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The Gibson Girl personified beauty, independence, and personal fulfillment in the gilded Edwardian era. By the oubreak of World War I, changing fashions caused the Gibson Girl to fall from favor. Women of the World War I era favored a sober, masculine suit over the elegant dresses, shirtwaists, and long skirts favored by the Gibson Girl.

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Edwardian era - World War I - Shirtwaists

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