Episode 35, Killer Fashion and Beauty Part 2
What in the flaming ballerinas is going on in this episode?! It’s Killer Fashion and Beauty, Part 2.
Buckle up for some horrific history. Today we dig into the annals of fashion victims and cover:
Scarves
Gloves (yeah that’s right)
Skirts of all kinds
Asbestos clothing
Flannelette
Nonflam
Sources:
Written in Bone by Sue Black
Botanical Curses and Poisons by Fez Inkwright
Killer Style by Alison Matthews David and Serah-Marie McMaho
The Victorian Book of the Dead by Chris Woodyard
Fashion Victims by Alison Matthews David
The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_(clothing)
https://wonderfulcollection.wordpress.com/2014/08/09/skirt-grip/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirt_of_Nessus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Harlow#:~:text=The next day at 11,Hospital records mention uremia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arum_maculatum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna#:~:text=Belladonna drops act as a,objects, and increased heart rate.
https://www.geriwalton.com/death-by-corset-and-tight-lacings-in-the-1800s/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_and_Roselle