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Fashion Victims : The Dangers of Dress Past and Present by Alison Matthews David (2015, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-101845204492
ISBN-139781845204495
eBay Product ID (ePID)177518083
Product Key Features
Book TitleFashion Victims : the Dangers of Dress Past and Present
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicConsumer Behavior, Sociology / General, Fashion & Accessories, Environmental / General
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorAlison Matthews David
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight32.7 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-049825
ReviewsNo book explores fashion as a seductive pleasure that kills like Alison Matthews David's Fashion Victims . With contaminated cloth, mercury-laden fur and toxic dyestuffs, poisoned fashion silently claims its victims - makers and wearers. This panoramic work outlines the hazardous substances used in fashion, both past and present., "A highly engaging and thought-provoking book. Informative, entertaining and unsettling, Fashion Victims is a history of death by dress for fashionistas and scholars alike. Read it!" -- Susan J. Vincent, University of York, UK "Combining narrative verve with a brilliant selection of pictures, Fashion Victims is both an engaging read and a 'useable history'. Meticulously researched, it wears its academic credentials lightly, and the story it tells is at once entertaining and startling. Fashion history will never seem quite the same again." -- Caroline Evans, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK "In this provocative and beautifully-illustrated volume, Alison Matthews David spans past and present, producers and consumers, Europe and the United States, to explore the many ways that fashionable clothing and accessories harmed and sometimes killed. A fascinating read and essential backdrop to concerns about today's globalized textile and garment production." -- Clare H. Crowston, University of Illinois, USA "No book explores fashion as a seductive pleasure that kills like Alison Matthews David's Fashion Victims . With contaminated cloth, mercury-laden fur and toxic dyestuffs, poisoned fashion silently claims its victims - makers and wearers. This panoramic work outlines the hazardous substances used in fashion, both past and present." -- Tanya Williams Wetenhall, The George Washington University, USA "Fashion historian David (Ryerson Univ., Toronto) examines how clothing caused death, disease, and madness during the 19th and early 20th centuries in France and North America, transmitting contagious diseases, emitting chemical toxins, and catching fire... compelling and sometimes disturbing ... does make a case for reexamining our fashion consumption in the 21st century and how that consumption hurts the environment and people, especially those in developing countries where most apparel is now produced." - Library Journal "If you happen to start reading this book, as I did, in bed on a leisurely rainy September morning, you may well suddenly feel a little suspicious of your own innocently striped nightwear ... This is an earnest and important book, generously illustrated and full of interest, retrieving heart-sinking horror from the historical record, and signposting a future that remains immensely troubling."-Shahidha Bari, Times Higher Education Mentioned in Hairpin Excerpted in The Independent Excerpted in My Little Bird Interviewed in New York Magazine "The Cut" "Laden with colorful pictures, artwork, articles, newspaper clippings, and ads, Fashion Victims puts it all on the table in its artful and intelligent layout ... the book is excellent for history enthusiasts and a must-have for anyone with an interest in fashion." - Please Pass the Books "David's publication begs that we collectively examine the lengths we will go to for personal style ... David probes this idea, noting that fashion has long been a marker of social status as well as moral compass, two things that were taken very seriously in times like the 19th century. Even today this still rings true, as we still make judgments about a person's values based on their clothing choice, and luxury clothing and labels still act as a status signifier to separate us. Though we have moved past the times of arsenic imbued garments and lethal dyes, David also notes the deadly dangers of the creation of fashion of today. Workers in unsafe conditions with little other options but to take jobs working long hours doing the same thing day-in and day-out, with disastrous long-term effects, are not looked over by David." -Elizabeth Patterson, Visionaire Featured and Interviewed in New Review Magazine, In this provocative and beautifully-illustrated volume, Alison Matthews David spans past and present, producers and consumers, Europe and the United States, to explore the many ways that fashionable clothing and accessories harmed and sometimes killed. A fascinating read and essential backdrop to concerns about today's globalized textile and garment production., "A highly engaging and thought-provoking book. Informative, entertaining and unsettling, Fashion Victims is a history of death by dress for fashionistas and scholars alike. Read it!" -- Susan J. Vincent, University of York, UK "Combining narrative verve with a brilliant selection of pictures, Fashion Victims is both an engaging read and a 'useable history'. Meticulously researched, it wears its academic credentials lightly, and the story it tells is at once entertaining and startling. Fashion history will never seem quite the same again." -- Caroline Evans, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK "In this provocative and beautifully-illustrated volume, Alison Matthews David spans past and present, producers and consumers, Europe and the United States, to explore the many ways that fashionable clothing and accessories harmed and sometimes killed. A fascinating read and essential backdrop to concerns about today's globalized textile and garment production." -- Clare H. Crowston, University of Illinois, USA "No book explores fashion as a seductive pleasure that kills like Alison Matthews David's Fashion Victims . With contaminated cloth, mercury-laden fur and toxic dyestuffs, poisoned fashion silently claims its victims - makers and wearers. This panoramic work outlines the hazardous substances used in fashion, both past and present." -- Tanya Williams Wetenhall, The George Washington University, USA "Fashion historian David (Ryerson Univ., Toronto) examines how clothing caused death, disease, and madness during the 19th and early 20th centuries in France and North America, transmitting contagious diseases, emitting chemical toxins, and catching fire... compelling and sometimes disturbing ... does make a case for reexamining our fashion consumption in the 21st century and how that consumption hurts the environment and people, especially those in developing countries where most apparel is now produced." - Library Journal "If you happen to start reading this book, as I did, in bed on a leisurely rainy September morning, you may well suddenly feel a little suspicious of your own innocently striped nightwear ... This is an earnest and important book, generously illustrated and full of interest, retrieving heart-sinking horror from the historical record, and signposting a future that remains immensely troubling."-Shahidha Bari, Times Higher Education Mentioned in Hairpin Excerpted in The Independent Excerpted in My Little Bird Interviewed in New York Magazine "The Cut", "A highly engaging and thought-provoking book. Informative, entertaining and unsettling, Fashion Victims is a history of death by dress for fashionistas and scholars alike. Read it!" -- Susan J. Vincent, University of York, UK "Combining narrative verve with a brilliant selection of pictures, Fashion Victims is both an engaging read and a 'useable history'. Meticulously researched, it wears its academic credentials lightly, and the story it tells is at once entertaining and startling. Fashion history will never seem quite the same again." -- Caroline Evans, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK "In this provocative and beautifully-illustrated volume, Alison Matthews David spans past and present, producers and consumers, Europe and the United States, to explore the many ways that fashionable clothing and accessories harmed and sometimes killed. A fascinating read and essential backdrop to concerns about today's globalized textile and garment production." -- Clare H. Crowston, University of Illinois, USA "No book explores fashion as a seductive pleasure that kills like Alison Matthews David's Fashion Victims . With contaminated cloth, mercury-laden fur and toxic dyestuffs, poisoned fashion silently claims its victims - makers and wearers. This panoramic work outlines the hazardous substances used in fashion, both past and present." -- Tanya Williams Wetenhall, The George Washington University, USA
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal646/.3
SynopsisFrom 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberRA779.M38 2015
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- 04 Dec, 2015
A book for anyone who has a fascination with history or the macabre
So far so good. This book is a delightful story that follows history, poison, fashion, poison fashion and macabre endings for wearing said poison fashion. The images are incredible and the book itself is lovely. I've been enjoying this immensely.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
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