Beauty trends have shifted over the decades, as have standards. The slim thick body type, made famous by celebrities like Kim Kardashian, ruled for years. However, as the 2020s began, interest in that look faded in popular culture.
Now, a growing trend aims to revive the thin body type of the early 2000s, which is worrisome. Society has always promoted harmful beauty standards, with the early 21st century focusing heavily on thinness. Initially popularized by tall and lanky models in the nineties, the early 2000s thin body type craze kicked off thanks to celebrities like Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan, who were extremely thin.
During that decade, the weight loss craze was at its highest thanks to documentaries like Supersize Me. People equated skinniness to being healthy and beautiful, so it was no wonder that people went to extreme measures to lose weight. This had the unavoidable effect of increasing the number of eating disorders among young women and men, which still has an impact to this day.
While having a thin body type isn’t necessarily a bad thing, we often forget that not everyone needs to achieve it to be happy in their skin. Healthiness and beauty can mean different things to each person. Weight loss can be good, but fat isn’t always necessarily a bad thing.
