Sophia loren eating pasta

True words Mrs. Loren

This is supposed to be a post about Sophia Loren, and 1950s style. But I seem to have stopped shaving my armpits, and Sophia Loren often went unshaven too, and, in a world where an unshaven woman is a shocker, I feel I've got to address the body hair issue before I get to the fun part: 1950s fashion! The fact that I've stopped shaving my body hair shouldn't be interesting. It should be dead dull. It should also be nobody's business. But, for some reason, people seem to think women's personal…

Sophia Loren, c. 1960.

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