Fashion Victims

The Dangers of Dress Past and Present

Cover Art for 9781472577740, Fashion Victims by Alison Matthews David
ISBN: 9781472577740
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 24 September, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English
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From insidious murder weapons to blaze-igniting crinolines, clothing has been the cause of death, disease and madness throughout history, by accident and design. Clothing is designed to protect, shield and comfort us, yet lurking amongst seemingly innocuous garments we find hats laced with mercury, frocks laden with arsenic and literally 'drop-dead gorgeous' gowns. Fabulously gory and gruesome, Fashion Victims takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the lethal history of women's, men's

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