The Ideal Female Body Type Changed Frequently Over the Last 100 Years

Soft Siren for the 30s

After the Roaring 20s, the 1930s saw another fashion shift. After the stock market crash, women went back to form-fitting dresses that had that classically feminine style. This was another turn from the boxier dresses of the last decade.

Soft Siren For The 30s

Dolores Del Rio

Dolores Del Rio was the perfect example of the old Hollywood glamour and ideal body type for the 1930s. Photoplay magazine described her as “warmly curved” and “roundly turned,” and this Mexican star was even said to have the best figure in all of Hollywood at the time.

Dolores Del Rio