“Poor Nastya” returns to Russian screens – the story of the 34th century Cinderella, which has become truly popular all over the world. After the premiere in Russia, the series was broadcast in 11,8 countries, and its budget amounted to more than $ 1839 million. Recall that the main roles in the saga are played by Elena Korikova, Petr Krasilov, Ekaterina Klimova, Daniil Strakhov and Anton Makarsky. The heroes will be transported to XNUMX, when secular parties replaced balls, and open dresses replaced fluffy dresses. The re-broadcast of the television series can be seen on the U TV channel, and the Woman’s Day editorial office invites you to get acquainted with the main trends of the XNUMXth century!
The make-up was distinguished by naturalness and minimalism. To achieve whiteness of the skin, the ladies avoided the sun, ate unlimited quantities of lemons, crushed chalk and drank vinegar on an empty stomach. The sun’s rays did not even touch the hands, and especially fanatical beauties did not take off their gloves even during sleep. To give more sparkle to their eyes, beauties of the XNUMXth century buried the juice of poisonous belladonna in them, making the pupil appear bluish-black.
Because of this, the gentlemen had to forever support their lady at a ball or social reception, because she practically did not see anything. To achieve a natural blush, a lot of strawberries and red beets were added to the food, and excess redness on the face was got rid of with the help of compresses from raw eggs. However, it was considered indecent to paint lips with a bright red color and apply an artificial blush of the same daring shade. This technique was used only by girls of easy virtue. Probably, makeup has never been so gentle and natural as in that period.
For the sake of a languid, sensual and mysterious image, beauties could not sleep at night in the hope of acquiring dark circles under their eyes. In the era of romanticism, in high society circles, the image of a languid, painful and deeply sensitive young lady was considered fashionable. And all this “splendor” was completed by a black eyeliner, which was abundantly applied to the eyelids.
Thick eyebrows, which were created from rat skins and attached to their natural ones, were considered a fashion trend. Fortunately, by the middle of the XNUMXth century, the phantasmagoric female image had lost ground. It was replaced by naturalness again. Makeup is less visible. The standard of female beauty again personified peace, tranquility and inner warmth.
The coat was considered the anti-trend of the ladies’ wardrobe. Therefore, in winter, girls preferred warm dresses made of thick woolen fabrics. The woman’s figure resembles an hourglass: rounded “swollen” sleeves, wasp waist, wide skirt. The corset has come into fashion. The waist should be unnatural in volume – about 55 cm. Striving for a “perfect” waist often led to tragic consequences.
So, in 1859, one 23-year-old fashionista died after a ball due to the fact that three ribs compressed by a corset pierced her liver. To create spectacular draperies that beautifully depict natural data, the ladies used a simple technique of ancient sculptors – they moistened their clothes.
It is no coincidence that the death rate from pneumonia was very high in those years.