Deadly Victorian Fashion

How far are you willing to go for fashion?  Throughout history, women have been willing to go to incredible lengths in order to be at the height of fashion.  Queen Elizabeth used lead-based make up, a common practice with aristocratic women, a practice that often led to lead poisoning.  In the Victorian period, women wore dresses dyed green with arsenic - fully knowing that they were endangering their lives.

The attached article explains even more ways that Victorian people wore dangerous clothing.  Make sure to watch the video!

http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/deadly-victorian-fashions/