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ImJustStandingHere t1_jec6k54 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:06 PM

Reply to comment by enfiel in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

Because of Niels Ryberg Finsen, who began studying the effect of sunlight on health around the 1890's.

Coco Chanel might have helped popularize it, but it was already underway

enfiel t1_jee1bls wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:15 AM

Or what's more likely is Coco lied to make herself look better like all those fashion poseurs do.