Beautiful For Ever!: The Extraordinary Life and Trial of Madame Rachel (Dressed Classic)

Update: 2025-08-20

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Fashion history and true crime come together in this 2022 episode where we explore a scandal of the 1860s involving a British cosmetics maven who bilked her clients out of fortunes with the promise to halt the aging process and make them beautful forever.

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Beautiful For Ever!: The Extraordinary Life and Trial of Madame Rachel (Dressed Classic)

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