Society’s Standards
The sublest stroke of hair beautifully whooshing in the wind, wrinkles, disappearing without a trace, body reaching complete perfection, youthful and skinny. This is what photoshopping does, it creates a false reality. As time progresses, youth and thin becomes an more appealing to the public. This new mindset masks philosophy of the past, wherein bodies had no restricted beauty expectations. In the article, “Magazine Publishing,” by Philip Soundy Unwin, George Unwin and Tucker, they talk about magazines in a variety of countries. They explain when magazines gained popularity; “In the United States, up to the mid-1930s, such magazines were largely “trade-papers for home-makers.’”(Unwin P, Unwin G, Tucker). True Story, that started in 1919, was for entertainment, while Vogue enhanced society’s perspective of fashion. In addition, Better Homes and Gardens, which started in 1922, informed people about how to take care of their homes and garden (Unwin P, Unwin G, Tucker). …show more content…
As years passed in the mid 1940s there was a new trend that started that now related to what’s going on in our modern day world. Youth becomes an appeal. In their article, they state, “Another general trend has been to direct appeal toward younger women, not only in the old magazines but also in such newer ones as Seventeen (founded 1944), Ingenue (founded 1959), and Teen(founded 1957).” (Unwin P, Unwin G, Tucker). Photoshopping should not be used in magazines and if it is, it should be have guidelines. Photoshopping not only affect the mind of readers, but of models as
The sublest stroke of hair beautifully whooshing in the wind, wrinkles, disappearing without a trace, body reaching complete perfection, youthful and skinny. This is what photoshopping does, it creates a false reality. As time progresses, youth and thin becomes an more appealing to the public. This new mindset masks philosophy of the past, wherein bodies had no restricted beauty expectations. In the article, “Magazine Publishing,” by Philip Soundy Unwin, George Unwin and Tucker, they talk about magazines in a variety of countries. They explain when magazines gained popularity; “In the United States, up to the mid-1930s, such magazines were largely “trade-papers for home-makers.’”(Unwin P, Unwin G, Tucker). True Story, that started in 1919, was for entertainment, while Vogue enhanced society’s perspective of fashion. In addition, Better Homes and Gardens, which started in 1922, informed people about how to take care of their homes and garden (Unwin P, Unwin G, Tucker). …show more content…
As years passed in the mid 1940s there was a new trend that started that now related to what’s going on in our modern day world. Youth becomes an appeal. In their article, they state, “Another general trend has been to direct appeal toward younger women, not only in the old magazines but also in such newer ones as Seventeen (founded 1944), Ingenue (founded 1959), and Teen(founded 1957).” (Unwin P, Unwin G, Tucker). Photoshopping should not be used in magazines and if it is, it should be have guidelines. Photoshopping not only affect the mind of readers, but of models as