The movement, which campaigned for votes for middle-class, property-owning women and believed in peaceful protest, had quite the connection to beauty. As these women fought for their rights, red lipstick became a part of their uniform. The bold and dauntless red was feminine, yet daring and powerful.
It became symbolic of strength during a time when men were trying to strip that away from women. This was seen as the mark of the independent, emancipated woman, which at the time was thought to be quite scandalous. The insinuation that red lipstick could also be viewed as scandalous is a projection that is still relevant today.
While the notion of pointy hats and striped stockings disappeared with the turn of the Victorian era in the late 's, red lipstick was still seen as something uncomfortably shocking. This fact that only egged on French actress Sarah Bernhardt , notorious for applying her lipstick at cafes and street corners. So the logic goes that applying it in public made men think of the boudoir where most women beautified themselves.
It was also done with a brush, so it was a fairly sensual process. Add to that Bernhardt's flair for the dramatic the woman slept in a coffin , after all! Before the flappers got their hands on it, the first and most famous public demonstration of red lipstick was performed by suffragettes as they poured into the New York streets in protest in In fact, according to Mic, Elizabeth Arden herself was handing out lipstick to marching suffragettes.
After centuries of the patriarchy limiting women to putting on their lip rogue in secret, the silk wrapped lipstick became a radical symbol of feminism and rebellion. In , the first lip color in a sliding metal tube was pushed into the market by inventor Maurice Levy , freeing women from the messy task of applying paper-wrapped red. The modern recipe was made out of crushed insects, beeswax, and olive oil , and the it would turn rancid on the lips after just a couple of hours of wear.
Surprisingly, that didn't stop women from using it. While lipstick was still ascribed to unruly suffragettes, the stigma against a bright red pout began to recede thanks to Tinseltown and silent film stars like Clara Bow. They became the model of what was attractive in women so it was easy to use their likenesses to sell product," Hernandez explains. So much so that by the '30s, Vogue declared that lipstick was "the most important cosmetic for women," according to Fashionista, officially taking away its past taboo.
With the start of World War II red lipstick took on a patriotic spin, turning the morning routine into a civic duty that gave Hitler the finger. But it symbolizes one of the reasons why we are fighting—the precious right of women to be feminine and lovely under any circumstances. Revlon introduced its iconic "Fire and Ice" advertising campaign in , which has become known as one of the most effective ads in cosmetic history. The two-page advertisement included a list of 15 questions to "test" if a reader's personality suited the bold red lipstick shown on model Dorian Leigh.
A few examples: Have you ever danced with your shoes off? Do you think that any man really understands you? To add more fuel to the fire, actresses like Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe were always shown in their signature crimson shades, making red lipstick more desirable and omnipresent than ever before. The s saw a huge decrease in the popularity of red lip color due to the neutral lips favored by mod fashion and the more natural beauty regimen popularized by the hippie culture that continued into the s.
Meanwhile, some feminist groups denounced lipstick for being solely intended for the pleasure of men. This mindset would shift in the late s, when third-wave feminism or "lipstick feminism" encouraged women to enjoy their sexuality and femininity in opposition to patriarchal oppression. With the advent of disco-era glamour, cherry red glossy lips came back into high fashion. The glam and punk rock subcultures also saw a rise in the use of lipstick by men, although this was nothing new: Egyptian men were painting their lips thousands of years before David Bowie ever picked up a tube.
The s brought excessively bright red lips, perhaps remembered best on the mouth of Madonna in her early years. However, the end of the decade and the s saw a strong trend towards nude, muted lipstick shades, as well as a plethora of brown tones. As the millennium reached an end, most women favored lipstick that matched their mood and appearance over adhering to trends. Jennifer Lawrence. A pair of cherry red lips looks just as chic today as it did hundreds of years ago.
Its history spans centuries, and its formulations and connotations have varied considerably over the years. From royalty to prostitutes, and witches to movie stars, read on for the history of red lipstick! These ancient cosmetics were made by mixing crushed gemstones with oils and waxes. Ancient Egyptians also wore red lipstick as an indicator of social status.
Egyptian red lipstick was made from crushed bugs — an ingredient that still appears in many lipsticks today. In Ancient Greece, prostitutes were required by law to sport red lip pigment, lest they be confused for a respectable woman of the upper class. Ancient Greek lipstick was made from a combination of red dye, sheep sweat, and crocodile droppings. At this time, red lipstick was made from beeswax and red plant-based dyes, and was worn only by upper class women.
However, by the s, red lipstick was outlawed in England on the basis that women were using cosmetics as a tool to seduce men into marriage.
The charge? Similar laws prevailed in the United States, where a marriage could be annulled if it was found that the woman had been wearing red lipstick during courtship. Until the late s, most lipstick was DIY, made with carmine dye extracted from insects called cochineal. The first commercially produced lipstick was invented in by French perfumers.
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