Author: Perils
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
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The Perils of Fashion, Etc
Author: Perils
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Fashion Victims
Author: Alison Matthews David
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472577744
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472577744
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
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.
Health Hints: Showing how to Acquire and Retain Bodily Symmetry, Health, Etc
Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Amabel; Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Fashion, Etc
Author: Elizabeth HERVEY (Novelist)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Graham's Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Romance, Art, and Fashion
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion
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Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion ...
Author: George R. Graham
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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The Danger and the Foe. A Sermon, Etc
Author: Archer Thompson GURNEY
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Health Hints: Showing how to Acquire and Retain Bodily Symmetry, Health, Etc
Author: Health Hints
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Nineteenth Century and After
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Category : Nineteenth century
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
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Category : Nineteenth century
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
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