Fashions To Die For

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://...

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.co...

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&pri...

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....

Introducing a new podcast that looks at Fashion and Death.