Fashion victims : the dangers of dress past and present / Alison Matthews David.
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TextPublisher: London : Boomsbury Visual Arts, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations (some colour)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 1472577736
- 9781472577733
- 9781472577740
- 1472577744
- Clothing and dress -- Health aspects
- Product safety
- Hazardous substances
- Clothing -- adverse effects
- Consumer Product Safety
- Hazardous Substances -- adverse effects
- Occupational Exposure -- adverse effects
- Social & cultural history
- Fashion & society
- Sociology: death & dying
- History of fashion
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General
- Clothing and dress -- Health aspects
- Hazardous substances
- Product safety
- Kl�ader -- h�alsoaspekter -- historia
- Farliga �amnen
- 646/.3 23
- RA779 .M38 2015eb
- QT 245
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| 621.815 MOT 2018 Machine elements in mechanical design / | 629.23 AUT 2009 Automotive engineering : | 629.89 FAD 2020 Digital control engineering : | 646.3 MAT 2015 Fashion victims : | 658 WIR 2020 Media Management : | 658.022 SCA 2016 Essentials of entrepreneurship and small business management / | 658.0220994 CUR 2021 Small business for dummies / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Death By Fashion in Fact and Fiction -- Diseased Dress: Germ Warfare -- Toxic Techniques: Mercurial Hats -- Poisonous Pigments : Arsenical Greens -- Dangerous Dyes : A Pretty, Deadly Rainbow -- Entangled And Strangled : Caught in the Machine -- Inflammatory Fabrics : Flaming Tutus and Combustible Crinolines -- Explosive Fakes : Plastic Combs and Artificial Silk -- The Afterlife of Fashion Victims.
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 and children's dress, in myth and reality. Drawing upon surviving fashion objects and numerous visual and textual sources, encompassing louse-ridden military uniforms, accounts of the fiery deaths of Oscar Wilde's half-sisters and dancer Isadora Duncan's accidental strangulation by entangled scarf, the book explores how garments have tormented those who made and wore them and harmed animals and the environment in the process. Vividly chronicling evidence from Greek mythology to the present day, Matthews David puts everyday apparel under the microscope and unpicks the dark side of fashion. 'Fashion victims' is lavishly illustrated with over 125 images and is a remarkable resource for everyone from scholars and students to fashion enthusiasts.
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