Beyond The Filter

This research examines women’s beauty standards in a digital age, looking at a time period from the 1950s to now with a focus on the 2010s to present day. From the 2010s onwards, social media and other digital influences began to play a dominant role in shaping society’s definition of beauty. By looking briefly at earlier eras, such as the 1950s Marilyn Monroe era, the project highlights how definitions of beauty are never fixed but continually shift with cultural and technological change. Beauty standards shape women’s self-image and confidence, and in the digital era, they are impacting people at younger ages with greater intensity than ever before.