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EPISODE · Jul 16, 2024 · 54 MIN

80. D is for Deadly Fashion

from The Anxiety Encyclopedia · host Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally

Lorien takes Katharine on a historical survey of examples of when beauty was literally pain. Sources: Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present (2015). Alison Matthews David Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History (2019) Alison Matthews David and Serah-Marie McMahon  https://london-overlooked.com/tyrrell/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hair-dye-reactions/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/10l4qoi/is_there_any_way_to_verify_the_claim_that/ https://www.stevenveerapen.com/elizabeth-i-the-myth-of-the-makeup https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/688690-most-toxic-makeup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheele's_Green https://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/deadly-victorian-fashions/ https://thepragmaticcostumer.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/drop-dead-gorgeous-a-tldr-tale-of-arsenic-in-victorian-life/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/deadly-beauty-the-poisons-used-in-makeup-through-the-ages# https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dancer-isadora-duncan-is-killed-in-car-accident https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/dress-hat-fashion-clothing-mercury-arsenic-poison-history https://www.healthline.com/health/mad-hatter-disease#seeking-medical-help https://globalhealth.duke.edu/news/when-scarf-meets-bike https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/22/416487968/painfully-skinny-jeans-land-a-woman-in-the-hospital#:~:text=At the hospital, the woman's,hips and knees were normal.

Lorien takes Katharine on a historical survey of examples of when beauty was literally pain. Sources: Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present (2015). Alison Matthews David Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History (2019) Alison Matthews David and Serah-Marie McMahon  https://london-overlooked.com/tyrrell/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hair-dye-reactions/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/10l4qoi/is_there_any_way_to_verify_the_claim_that/ https://www.stevenveerapen.com/elizabeth-i-the-myth-of-the-makeup https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/688690-most-toxic-makeup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheele's_Green https://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/deadly-victorian-fashions/ https://thepragmaticcostumer.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/drop-dead-gorgeous-a-tldr-tale-of-arsenic-in-victorian-life/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/deadly-beauty-the-poisons-used-in-makeup-through-the-ages# https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dancer-isadora-duncan-is-killed-in-car-accident https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/dress-hat-fashion-clothing-mercury-arsenic-poison-history https://www.healthline.com/health/mad-hatter-disease#seeking-medical-help https://globalhealth.duke.edu/news/when-scarf-meets-bike https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/22/416487968/painfully-skinny-jeans-land-a-woman-in-the-hospital#:~:text=At the hospital, the woman's,hips and knees were normal.

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