In this instance, however, the answer was quite straightforward: “Men want women beautiful, romantic… birds of paradise instead of hurrying brown hens,” said Bazaar in October 1945. As families were reestablished, there was a move toward a celebratory fashion of fecundity, with closer-fitting waists and rounder hips

In this instance, however, the answer was quite straightforward: “Men want women beautiful, romantic… birds of paradise instead of hurrying brown hens,” said Bazaar in October 1945. As families were reestablished, there was a move toward a celebratory fashion of fecundity, with closer-fitting waists and rounder hips (Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland)