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Girl with 1960s retro look

Beauty through the ages - the Wild Sixties

A time of hippies and Twiggy, bell-bottoms and mini-skirts

Portrait of Fifties icon Ava Gardner

Beauty through the ages - the Conservative Fifties

An era of poodle skirts, halter-tops and saddle shoes

Veronica Lake portrait

Beauty through the ages - Hollywood's Golden Age

A time of glamor and blonde bombshells

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Roaring Twenties flapper girl

Beauty through the ages - the Roaring Twenties

A look at an era of rising hemlines, bobs, and Coco Chanel

four Victorian women

Beauty through the ages - the Victorians

A period of corsets and petticoats galore!

woman in baroque wig

A clipped history of the wig

A lightning tour of wigs through the ages

Botticelli's Young Woman in Mythological Guise

Beauty through the ages - The Renaissance

A historical period when real women were idolized

woman with tattoo on back

Tattooing as body art

A look at tattooing throughout the ages

pretty girl with tongue piercing

A history of piercing

Face and body piercing have a longer history than you'd think!

Cleopatra in profile

Beauty through the ages - Ancient Egypt

A history of beauty, looking at the clothing, cosmetics and styles of the Ancient Egyptians

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