EXTREME BEAUTY/ THE BODY TRANSFORMED

Over time and across cultures, extraordinary manipulations of the body have occurred in a continuing evolution of the concept of bea uty. Fashion can be seen as the practice of some of the most extreme strategies to conform to shifting concepts of the physical idea l. Various zones of the body--the neck, the shoulders, the bust, the waist, the hips, and the feet--have been constricted, padded, t runcated, or extended through subtle visual adjustments of proportion, less subtle prosthesis, and, often, deliberate physical ...