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Author:

McMahon, Serah-Marie, author.

Title:

Killer style : how fashion has injured, maimed, and murdered through history / by Serah-Marie McMahon & Alison Matthews David ; illustrations by Gillian Wilson.

Publisher:

Owlkids Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Clothing and dress--History--History--Juvenile literature.
Clothing and dress--History--Juvenile literature.
Fashion--History--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Matthews David, Alison, author.
Wilson, Gillian, 1982- illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.

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."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1771472537
9781771472531

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1080223336

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

VUPB454 -- Elma Public Library (Elma)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)