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Highbrow Eyebrows: Brow Fashion Through the Years
The Olsen twins are known for making bizarre fashion statements with their avant garde ensembles, but Ashley Olsen's frock wasn't what caused a commotion at this year's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala. The pint-size starlet wore a cut-out black dress and little or no makeup, but it was her bushy eyebrows that stole the show.
It may be slowly seeping into mainstream beauty trends, but it looks like the sale of tweezers may soon be on the decline: Bushy eyebrows are back!
(Peter Kramer/AP Photo)
Through the years, the way people have groomed their eyebrows is often a reflection of the culture and politics of that era. From pencil-thin to thick and bushy, eyebrows have some highbrow analysis.
While the '80s brought back thin brows (reflecting the greed and self-obsession of the era), the '90s and "noughties" have brought a more natural look. Today, we're supposed to be more sharing, green, and less greedy than before -- so thick brows are apparently back.
Sienna Miller arrives at the post haute couture show gala dinner and ball in the Parco dei Daini at the Villa Borghese July 7, 2007 in Rome.
(Elisabetta Villa/ Getty Images)
While the '80s brought back thin brows (reflecting the greed and self-obsession of the era), the '90s and "noughties" have brought a more natural look. Today, we're supposed to be more sharing, green, and less greedy than before -- so thick brows are apparently back.
Here, Camilla Belle is wearing Oscar De La Renta.
(John Sciulli/ WireImage.com)
Brittany Murphy at the Rock & Republic City Of Hope Event in Beverly Hills, Calif., June 9, 2007.
(Mark Sullivan/ WireImage.com)
Actress Demi Moore stands at the 64th annual Academy Awards March 30, 1992, in Los Angeles.
(John Barr/ Liaison)
Men can sport the bushy brows as well! Director Martin Scorsese arrives at the New York premiere of "The Departed," Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, in New York.
(Stephen Chernin/ AP Photo )
Even the ever popular Harry Potter has made a buzz with his thick eyebrows.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe poses for the photographers as he arrives for the premiere of the latest "Harry Potter" film, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," at a cinema in central London, Tuesday July 3, 2007.
(Lefteris Pitarakis/ AP Photo )
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954), was known for her unibrow. It became a signifier of her independence and feminist strength in that it went against conventional beauty standards.
(Hulton Archive/ Getty Images)
In the '40s and '50s, many female movie stars removed their eyebrows completely and then penciled in perfectly sculpted brows. Some suggest this was to reinforce the difference between the genders, with body hair being suggestive of masculinity.
Circa 1954: American film star Mae West (1893 - 1980).
(Hulton Archive/ Getty Images)
American film star and two-time best actress Oscar winner Bette Davis (1908 - 1989).
(John Kobal Foundation/ Getty Images)
A bright-eyed Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm) (1922 - 1969) with shoulder-length hair and wearing a suit and blouse.
(Eric Carpenter/ John Kobal Foundation/ Getty Images)
The androgyny of the '60s and '70s gave women more room to groom as they chose than previous eras. Hair grew everywhere, and seemed to be a symbol of independence and a rebellion against strict beauty standards.
An October 1970 photo of Janis Joplin.
(AP Photo )
1970: American child film actress Brooke Shields.
(Alan Band/ Keystone/ Getty Images)
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This list is too funny not to post, especially since it is coming from ABCnews.
And as for Ashley's brows, I don't see how they're so different than normal but in another post everyone kept mentioning how weird they looked. Oh well.
ps. I have trouble finding shape for my eyebrows. I know everyone says you have to follow your arch, but that doesn't help me! If I shaped them according to my arch I'd look scared or surprised 24/7.
