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Because You're Worth It: 100 years of make-up
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1900

Viewed as the sole preserve of prostitutes and music–hall performers, make-up is such a taboo in Victorian society that a man can divorce his wife for wearing it. Extravagant hair arrangements are, however, considered very attractive. French hairdresser Marcel Grateau introduces his famous wave, designed to make the hair look like a rippling sheet of silk. Cologne is accepted as a healthy adornment for the senses, though vanity is generally frowned on.

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