The term “sweater girl” was made popular in the 1940s and 1950s to describe Hollywood actresses like Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, and Jane Russell, who adopted the popular fashion of wearing tight, form-fitting sweaters that emphasized the woman’s bustline. The sweater girl trend was not confined to Hollywood and was viewed with alarm by some.

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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      It’s just another iteration of exaggerating sex characteristics: bustles, corsets, cod pieces, shoulder pads, etc.

      “So you know how the average woman’s chest is pointer than the average man’s chest?”

      “Um, yeah. I do like that in general. Where exactly are you going with this, Mark?”

      “Just hear me out. What if we made them even pointier?”

      “Like parabolas?”

      “No, pointier still. Imagine two great bullets bolted to a chest, creating a heady and intoxicating, carnal nebula of metaphors for sex and power.”

      “Is everything okay at home?”

      “Admittedly, there have been some complaints.”

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      What do you think of the push-up trend, or the foam padding trend? Same thing, but more recent.