Killer style : how fashion has injured, maimed, & murdered through history /
Equal parts fab and frightening, Killer Style explores the ways in which make-up, clothing and accessories have killed, maimed, or tormented those who wear and make them. From the story of hatters felled by mercury poisoning to tulle-burnt ballerinas to the victims of the modern craze for sandblaste...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Owlkids Books,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Equal parts fab and frightening, Killer Style explores the ways in which make-up, clothing and accessories have killed, maimed, or tormented those who wear and make them. From the story of hatters felled by mercury poisoning to tulle-burnt ballerinas to the victims of the modern craze for sandblasted denim, no one is safe from these crimes of fashion. |
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| Physical Description: | 48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781771472531 1771472537 |