Fashion victims : the dangers of dress past and present
Matthews David, Alison2015
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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, this volume takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the lethal history of women's, men's and children's dress, in myth and reality.
Main title:
Fashion victims : the dangers of dress past and present / Alison Matthews David.
Author:
Matthews David, Alison, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2015]©2015
Collation:
xiv, 225 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781845204495 (hbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1104933
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