English: Female Attendant. Tang dynasty. Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an
The "fat lady" style, seen here, is thought to date from the mid-ninth century, when emperor Xuanzong's beloved consort
Yang Guifei presumably inspired this change in the canon of beauty. Her hairstyle and loosely-fitted robes seem to flatter this fuller type of figure.
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