Life of a French Beauty: This quote from a fashion historian explains why modern women have become worse

Diana Vreeland died in 1989 – she was 85 years old. But to this day, this standout woman is considered a style icon and fashion authority. Originally from Paris, she collaborated with major fashion magazines and remained one of the main experts in social life, because she literally grew up in an atmosphere of European receptions, where her mother Emily Kay Hoffman, heiress of the first president American George Washington, shone.

Vreeland, who lived a full life, left a heavy volume of memoirs to posterity: his reasoning and his notes have not lost their relevance, and his powers of observation and quick wit are admirable. Of course, Diana was busy with questions of female attractiveness.

And that’s what she wrote about the secret of the French beauties of the beginning of the last century. Vreeland shared some truly unique data, talking about the bad side of life for the class of Parisian “ladies of the demi-monde” – women who lived off the content of wealthy men. It was they, despite their special status, who were influential trend setters and objects of imitation. (Has everything changed since? Barely).

“I was brought up in a world of ‘great beauties’, a world where demi-monde women were considered important personalities in Paris. They were wonderful housewives, wonderful cleaners, wonderful women dressed in luxurious robes. They lived in their own demi-monde, and that demi-monde was of great importance. And the Bois de Boulogne is where they walked in the early morning. That was the secret of the beauty of the representatives of the demimonde. They breathed the morning air. The ladies came there at half past nine in the morning. Then they went home to relax, get a massage and prepare an evening menu for the reception of their male clients. At that time, they went to bed much earlier. The midnight meals that we had become accustomed to in recent years were unthinkable for them. So these women were distinguished by extraordinary beauty.

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