5 episodes

A monthly podcast telling the stories of how humans have suffered (and died) for Fashion.

Fashions To Die For Sarah Phillips Collins, Holley Dougherty, Natalie Raines

    • Arts

A monthly podcast telling the stories of how humans have suffered (and died) for Fashion.

    Episode 4: You Glow, Girl!

    Episode 4: You Glow, Girl!

    Links and Resources for You Glow Girl:
    On The Web:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/when-beauty-products-were-radioactive/index.html
    https://cosmeticsandskin.com/aba/glowing-complexion.php
    https://clickamericana.com/topics/beauty-fashion/radium-vanishing-cream-facepowder-
    1919
    https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/looking-radiant
    https://dustyoldthing.com/7-vintage-collectibles-radioactive/2/
    https://www.ntanet.net/radioactive-gems-and-jewelry
    http://www.beadcats.com/radhaz.htm
    https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-akiller-
    workplace
    http://www.lgrossman.com/pics/radium/


    Podcasts:

    The Dollop podcast – Episode 99: The Radium Girls


    Books:
     Santos, Lucy Jane;  Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium (Icon Books, 2020).

    Follow us @fashionstodiefor on Instagram and check out images on our Pinterest Page for this episode: https://www.pinterest.com/sarahpcollins/fashions-to-die-for/episode-4-you-glow-girl/ 

    • 39 min
    Episode 3: A Hairy History

    Episode 3: A Hairy History

    Three exceedingly silly middle-aged women discuss hair removal, hair dyeing, air brushed tee-shirts, and Spike from Buffy.

    SHOW NOTES:

    Hair Removal:

    Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, Rebecca M. Herzig

    Naked to the Bone by Bettyann  Kevles
    The Invisible Rays Seen Round the World by Lish James
    Collins, P. (2007). Nothing but a ray of light. New Scientist, 195(2620), 68-69.
    https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/when-hair-removal-was-a-public-health-crisis/220770/
    https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-most-terrifying-hair-removal-methods-of-all-time


    Hair dye:
     Fashion: The Mirror of History by Michael Batterberry and Ariane Batterberry

    Fashions in Hair, the first 5000 years by Richard Colson

    https://www.byrdie.com/hair-color-history
    https://www.encyclopedia.com/sports-and-everyday-life/fashion-and-clothing/clothing-jewelry-and-personal-adornment/hair-coloring
    https://fyeahhistory.com/2018/01/13/the-horrifying-history-of-hair-dye/

    • 39 min
    Dames Aflame

    Dames Aflame

    Episode Notes:
    Sources:
    Web:
    https://historydaily.org/crinoline-victorian-fashion
    https://bizarrevictoria.wordpress.com/2015/12/04/death-by-crinoline/
    https://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2012/08/death-by-crinoline.html
    https://fiveminutehistory.com/crinolineomania-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-crinoline-empire/
    https://www.racked.com/2017/12/19/16710276/burning-dresses-history
    https://www.racked.com/2017/12/19/16710276/burning-dresses-history

    https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HsFYAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

    Books:
    Bowman, Karen. Corsets and Codpieces: A Social History of Outrageous Fashion. New York: Skyhorse, 2016.
    Gernsheim, Alison. Victorian & Edwardian Fashion. New York: Dover Publications, 1981. Nightingale, Florence. Notes On Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not. London: Harrison, 1859.
    Vincent, Susan J. The Anatomy of Fashion. New York: Berg, 2009.




    Articles:
    “The Perils of Crinoline.” New York Times, March 16, 1858
    “Christianity and Crinoline.” New York Times, September 15, 1858
    “Crinoline: A Real Social Evil.” The Guardian, October 16, 1861
    “Secesh in Petticoats.” New York Times, November 2, 1862
    “Mrs. Cleveland Against It.” New York Times, February 19, 1893
    “The Shocking Age.” New York Times, September 20, 1925

     

    • 34 min
    A Dye to Die For

    A Dye to Die For

    Two exceedingly silly middle-aged women discuss the Victorians' love for deadly dyes and poisonous complexion remedies.

    This episode's sponsor is UniBlow (an exceedingly silly ad by Darryl Wade of The Black Fedora  https://www.charlestonmysteries.com/).

    SHOW NOTES:

    Sources for Arsenic Dye:
    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/10/dress-hat-fashion-clothing-mercury-arsenic-poison-history/#close
    https://www.racked.com/2017/3/17/14914840/green-dye-history-death
    https://theattic.jezebel.com/the-arsenic-dress-how-poisonous-green-pigments-terrori-1738374597

    Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Past and Present by Alison Matthews David


    Sources for Arsenic in Beauty Products:
    https://www.globalfounders.london/blog/dangerous-beauty-a-short-history-of-hazardous-cosmetics-and-nat
    https://www.thecut.com/2013/12/most-dangerous-beauty-through-the-ages.html

    • 24 min
    Trailer for Fashions To Die For

    Trailer for Fashions To Die For

    Introducing a new podcast that looks at Fashion and Death. 

    • 1 min

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