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Friday essay: shaved, shaped and slit - eyebrows through the ages

  • Written by Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University
In ancient China, India and the Middle East, the art of eyebrow threading was popular. It is now enjoying a resurgence.www.shutterstock.com

Eyebrows can turn a smile into a leer, a grumpy pout into a come hither beckoning, and sad, downturned lips into a comedic grimace.

So, it’s little wonder these communicative markers of facial punctuation...

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