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Gibson girl

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Gibson girl
n.
The American young woman of the 1890s as idealized in sketches by the American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944).
adj.
Of or relating to a clothing style marked by a high neck, puffed sleeves, and a tightly fitted waistline.
Gibson girl
n
(Historical Terms) the ideal fashionable American girl of the late 1890s and early 1900s, as portrayed in the drawings of Charles Dana Gibson, 1867-1944, US illustrator
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Noun1.Gibson girlGibson girl - the idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson
fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"


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It is important to remember, Hunter points out, that the icon of the New Woman, "The Gibson Girl," was, in fact, a girl.
How Young Ladies Became Girls: The Victorian Origins of American ... by Devlin, Rachel / Journal of Social History
If you've ever puzzled over the disappearance of fashionable silhouettes of previous decades--the bunker-chested Gibson Girl of the 1910s, the boyish flapper girl of the 1920s--remember those styles peaked before the invention of bra cups for suspending each breast individually made the idea of both a bosom (singular) and a flat chest obsolete.
Tour of beauty: a hundred years in the arms race to acquire newer, ... by Larson, Christina / Washington Monthly
``It was very busy,'' said Anna, dressed again in a period gown with her blond hair fashioned in a Gibson Girl updo.
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