2分钟看遍：时代百年如何影响女性美

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With videos like "100 Years of Lingerie in 3 Minutes" or "100 Years of Beauty: Germany," the Internet has been treated to gorgeous viral videos that show the glamorous side of women's lives throughout history, but according to Polish costume blogger Karolina Zebrowska these videos are leaving out reality.随着《3分钟阅尽百年女用内衣》和《德国百年之美》等视频的火爆，互联网已经成为展现历代女性美的绝佳窗口。但是波兰的一位服装博主卡洛琳娜•泽波罗斯卡在博客上称，这些视频已经脱离了现实。
        "As a person interested in the history of fashion and beauty it really bugged me how inaccurate some of these [videos] are. The beauty standards they show are almost always our contemporary stereotypes of the past decades," Zebrowska said on her blog.“做为一个对时尚和美的历史如此着迷的人，这些视频中的不准确之处着实让我很是生气。视频中对美的标准完全是现代人对过去美固有成见。”泽波罗斯卡在她的博客中说。
        Stereotypes, as Zebrowska's video demonstrates, that often ignore the reality of women's lives throughout the 20th century. 正如泽波罗斯卡说的那样，我们总是忽略20世纪期间女性的生存现实。
        So Zebrowska made her own "Beauty Through the Decades" video, this time accurately reflecting the fashion demanded of women at different times of economic stress.因此，泽波罗斯卡制作了一则名为《美丽数十年》的视频。视频中准确反映出了不同时代的女性因经济压力而对美产生的不同需求。
        For instance, when we look at the lovely Gibson Girl of the 1900s we see the feminine ideal at the time.比如，看到20世纪初期可爱的吉普森女孩，我们便可以了解到那个时期的女性。
       

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        But women of the time were more likely to be physical laborers in factories than high-fashion socialites. In the United Kingdom, as much as 40 percent of those working in factories were women.但是这个时期的女性则更可能是工厂劳力而非时尚名流。当时的英国，工厂中40%的员工都是女性。
       

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        We remember the flappers and silver screen sirens of the "Roaring '20s" with fondness.想起20年代的时髦女郎以及银幕美人，我们依旧满心欢喜。
       

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        In Russia, though, 1 in 9 women were domestic workers like maids and nannies.在俄罗斯，九分之一的女性都从事保姆或女佣等家务行业。
       

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        The contrast between the reality and the ideal is stark.理想与现实的差距很明显。
        Zebrowska's video adds another layer of commentary to how we interpret history and see women of the past. We're here for the reality.泽波罗斯卡还在视频中加了另外一段话，评论了我们对历史和历代女性的解读方式，说明自己制作视频的目的是让大家认识到现实。