Gibson Girl
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The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during the first 15 years of the twentieth century.
The Gibson Girl was tall, thin, fine-featured, and achingly beautiful. Her neck was thin, her hair piled high upon her head in the contemporary fashion.
Many models posed for Gibson Girl-style illustrations, including Anais Nin. Among Gibson Girl illustrators was Harry G. Peter, who is most famous for his art on Wonder Woman comics.
The Gibson Girl personified beauty, independence, and personal fulfillment in the gilded Edwardian era. By the outbreak of World War I, changing fashions caused the Gibson Girl to fall from favor. Women of the World War I era favored a sober, masculine suit (first designed and popularized by Coco Chanel) over the elegant dresses, shirtwaists, and long skirts favored by the Gibson Girl.
Kite
An RAAF survival kite carried by World War II aircraft on over-water operations was named the 'Gibson Girl' because of its 'hour-glass' shape. It was a fold-up/down metal frame box kite for which the flying line was an aerial wire. A hand-crank generator provided power for a distress radio signal.
See also
- New Woman
- Flapper
- Camille Clifford, the Gibson Girl.
