Description: Fashion Victims : The Dangers of Dress Past and Present, Paperback by David, Alison Matthews, ISBN 1350005088, ISBN-13 9781350005082, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
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 womens, mens and childrens 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 Wildes half-sisters and dancer Isadora Duncans accidental strangulation by entangled scarf; th 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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Book Title: Fashion Victims : the Dangers of Dress Past and Present
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Topic: Sociology / General, Fashion & Accessories, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Design, Social Science
Item Weight: 31.5 Oz
Item Length: 10.8 in
Author: Alison Matthews David
Item Width: 8.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
