Fashion Victims
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Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present
By Alison Matthews David35Andrew Bolton, Men in Skirts (London: V & A, 2002); Patricia Cunningham, Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850–1920 (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2003); Gail Fischer, Pantaloons and Power: Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform in the United ...
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Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present
By Alison Matthews DavidDrawing 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 ...
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Fashion Victims: The Catty Catalogue of Stylish Casualties, From A to Z
By Michael RobertsPairing hilarious poetry with the stunning collage work for which he is famous, Michael Roberts takes on the fashion world letter by letter—and in the way only a true insider can—in Fashion Victims.
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Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present
By Alison Matthews DavidWilliam Crookes, “Poisonous Dyes,” London Times, October 16, 1868, 4. Brock, The Case of the Poisonous Socks, 3, 7. Crookes, “Yellow and Orange Dyes,” 4. The firm of Morley eventually developed an oxidizing process that stabilized ...
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Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
By Kimberly Chrisman-CampbellDrawing upon documentary evidence, previously unpublished archival sources, and new information about aristocrats, politicians, and celebrities, this book is an unmatched study of French fashion in the late 18th century, providing ...