Wednesday, April 28, 2010

What is ';sopisticated beauty'; and how does it differ from traditional beauty?

I mean in a person, not things. What are characteristics of sophisticated beauty,and traditional beauty? Yes, I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so no answers like that, please. Just give an opinion.What is ';sopisticated beauty'; and how does it differ from traditional beauty?
To me sophisticated beauty is how a person carries themselves, usually well dressed in well fitting tailored clothes. In a woman sophisticated beauty denotes breeding and the best that money can buy in hair styles and makeup. She is classy without being brassy. Usually wearing a tailored black dress, white pearls with her hair up. In a man, he is well dressed with graying at the temples.


Traditional beauty is someone who has healthy hair and skin and pretty teeth,wearing classic comfortable clothes with facial features that are a-symmetrical. Someone who is comfortable in their own skin.What is ';sopisticated beauty'; and how does it differ from traditional beauty?
Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld. ...

















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Traditional beauty usually implies ';classical'; or ';natural'; beauty--drawing on profiles and busts of the ancients or invoking the imagery of wood nymphs. Sophisticated beauty has more to do with ';dressed-up'; beauty or beauty that is a cultured or stylized image. Traditional beauty would appeal to the masses whereas sophisticated beauty would appeal more to a cosmopolitan audience. Sophisticated beauty implies culture and knowledge whereas traditional beauty implies simplicity and naivete.

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