What I currently know about the era
- Pale skin was considered beautiful as it was a sign you didn't work. Workers would be out in the sun all day laboring and catching a tan! I find it quite interesting as tanned skin is now considered beautiful in the 21st century.
- Veins were drawn on to show enhance the illusion of pale skin
- different colour clothing meant different social positions. example- mustard yellow and magenta mean't you was very rich
- high foreheads were considered beautiful so women would shave off their eyebrows to give an illusion of a high forehead.
- If your hair was loose it was a sign of virginity
I am so excited to start this project although I am worried that my idea's will not come across how i would like them and whether my idea is original enough. I am definitely looking forward to learning more about the Elizabethan ideas of beauty
Image source- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Darnley_stage_3.jpg
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