Killer style : the history of how fashion has injured, maimed, and murdered / written by Serah-Marie McMahon, Alison Matthews David ; illustrated by Gillian Wilson.

By:

McMahon, Serah-Marie

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2019Description: 47 p. : colour illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781771472531 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

J 391. 009 McMah MCM

Summary: Equal parts fab and frightening, Killer Style explores the ways in which make-up, clothing, and accessories have killed, maimed, or tormented those who wear and make them. From the story of hatters felled by mercury poisoning to tulle-burnt ballerinas to the victims of the modern craze for sandblasted denim, no one is safe from these crimes of fashion.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Junior Collection	Non-fiction	J 391. 009 McMah (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Forest of Reading 2020 Yellow Cedar		18947

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Equal parts fab and frightening, Killer Style explores the ways in which make-up, clothing, and accessories have killed, maimed, or tormented those who wear and make them. From the story of hatters felled by mercury poisoning to tulle-burnt ballerinas to the victims of the modern craze for sandblasted denim, no one is safe from these crimes of fashion.

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