At the beginning and especially in the middle of the XIX century, the fashion for women's figures changed. This was due to the active development of education among women not only of noble origin, but also among the merchant class. The era of romanticism brought to Russia a lot of French novels, which noble and wealthy Russians of both sexes read in the original. At the same time, in their understanding, the image of a new fashionable woman was formed. And [Expand]
this was not a portly beauty with a large belly and chest, but a pale, thin, dreamy-sad girl, prone to exaltation and fainting. To do this, young Russian women starved themselves by reducing their body size, hid from the sun under umbrellas to preserve a light skin tone, and considered childbirth and motherhood unworthy of a real romantic girl. It was during this period that wet nurses appeared in wealthy families. A noble woman should not eat much and grow a belly to fully breastfeed her child. For these purposes, all also chose peasant women who, after giving birth, had voluminous body parts and a good appetite. Wealthy Russians of the XIX century and after marriage and childbirth tried to maintain a fragile, romantic image.
A romantic noblewoman has no stomach
At the beginning and especially in the middle of the XIX century, the fashion for women's figures changed. This was due to the active development of education among women not only of noble origin, but also among the merchant class. The era of romanticism brought to Russia a lot of French novels, which noble and wealthy Russians of both sexes read in the original. At the same time, in their understanding, the image of a new fashionable woman was formed. And [Expand]
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