Some images of hobble skirts from the tagged book for Lainie @AlaMich
pickScary—and highly entertaining—examples of the dangers inherent in fashions: mercury in 18th c hats; exploding celluloid hair combs; lethal makeup & hair dye; women strangled by scarves caught in machinery; flammable pjs & ballet costumes; poisonous fabric coloured green with arsenic; radium wrinkle cures; skirts & shoes that hobble movement; the dangerous working conditions in the garment industry... it‘s horrifying & fascinating. #AllAges #kidlit
Archaeologists discovered that early humans used rust to redden their hair in the Stone Age. Thousands of years later, ancient Romans made black hair dye by soaking leeches in red wine for 40 days. And to cover up grays? They prepared a mixture of boiled walnut shells and charred earthworms.
pick4.5⭐️ It is rare that I read a non-fiction book, even a kids book, without skimming over parts. This is that rare title. This book looks at what people have done through history to be “beautiful”. It includes the usuals like corsets, and heels. But then it also includes tidbits about real people who died, stories some of these styles would be found in, or were created around. 👇🏻
Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History | 
