VEIN OR VAIN?
With pale skin being hailed the most desirable skin complexion throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, women in pre-revolution France took one extreme step to achieve their dream look.
Following in the footsteps of role model and Royal trendsetter Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France, women drew on their veins much bolder and bluer with coloured lead pencils.
The paler the skin, the more the veins showed through – and so
