Ep. 9 - Dangerous and Deadly Victorian Fashion
Description
In today's episode, Genevieve discusses how Tuberculosis influenced fashion, hazardous beauty routines, deadly hatpins, the dangers of corsets, and strange, kind of gross beauty trends, as well as some really weird and intriguing facts about Victorian fashion.
References for today's episode:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-tuberculosis-shaped-victorian-fashion-180959029/
https://www.thecollector.com/tuberculosis-art/
https://thevictorianhistorian.com/beauty-fashion/
https://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2015/05/29/did-corsets-harm-womens-health/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leeds-mercury-death-of-matilda/30613252/?locale=en-US
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hatpins-mashers-self-defense-history-women-hats-fashion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheele%27s_green
https://hyperallergic.com/329747/death-by-wallpaper-alluring-arsenic-colors-poisoned-the-victorian-age/
In this very short episode Genevieve waxes on the current state of affairs. We will return to the 1800s next week, and especially in 2 months.
Published 11/11/24
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