Analysis of the Trend Toward Fuller Lips Among Fashion Models.

Analysis of the Trend Toward Fuller Lips Among FashionModels A preference for fuller lips is a relatively recent, multifactorial aesthetic driven by changing demographics of both consumers andbeauty archetypes (eg, fashionmodels and celebrities), the relatively low cost and safe use of numerous injectable filler agents, and thedicta of the fashion industry.1-3 The arbiters of taste mold opinions through multiple media platforms, althoughprint hasbeen themost constant andpervasive formore thana century. Thus, studyingmagazinephotographs provides ameans to analyze trends for a lengthy period. In the present study, we analyzed 50 years of fashion model photographs in Voguemagazine to identify if the “desirable” features of the lip have trended toward a fuller aesthetic.