Fatal Victorian Fashion and the Allure of the Poison Garment

Opened this week at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in the 19th Century explores the dangers of style not just for the wearers, but for the people who made the clothing as well.

A full length view of a mid 19th century 'arsenic green' dress. Eleanor Keene

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Fatal Victorian Fashion and the Allure of the Poison Garment

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