Yes, before that, the girls were tall and thin, but they weren't "HEROIN CHIC THIN" ! Look at old fashion mags from the '50s and '60s...the girls/women weren't THAT thin and they were pretty/"handsome". Jean Shrimpton was gorgeous, Dorian Leigh and her sister Suzy Parker were beautiful and NOT stick thin.
And now they have effeminat, anorexic young MEN modeling women's clothes. YUCK !
Ah, I can count on an erudite lady like you to remember Dorian Leigh and Suzy Parker!
Which was their goal all along.
Audrey Hepburn, sui generis, was the first major star that had that thin body by the standards of the day, yet was almost voluptuous compared to todays walking sticks.