Gibson girl

noun

the idealized American girl of the 1890s as represented in the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson.

of, indicating, or resembling the characteristic clothing of the Gibson girl, typically a high-necked, fitted blouse or bodice with full puff sleeves and a long skirt with a flared bottom and a tightly fitted waistline.

Gibson girl

the ideal fashionable American girl of the late 1890s and early 1900s, as portrayed in the drawings of Charles Dana Gibson, 1867–1944, US illustrator

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

The “Gibson Girl” stood for a type of healthy, vigorous, beautiful and refined young womanhood.

Katherine was pinning the Gibson Girl to the wall, in bold defiance of the matron's known views on that subject.

Left side of harbour—called Gibson Girl—can't think why, old fellow, I never lent it you before.

I have since learned that some of the most virulent germs are to be found in the mouths of young ladies of the “Gibson-girl” type.

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