Origins of Beauty

Add this to your summer reading: 14th century poet Jaun Ruiz's famous "Libro de Buen Amor" (The Book of Good Love). It's considered a Spanish literary wonder, but no matter how beautifully written, metaphors can't hide his very "man-centric" language. Ruiz defines beauty as "blond hair, small head, long neck, hairless face, arched feet and moist armpits," ALLURE says. Pit stains aside, how much do we value these vintage qualities? —Gabrielle Katz, Sephora

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