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Three vain friends dive into the history of fads, fashion icons, & beauty standards trying to figure out how we got here & why we care so damn much?
Tuberculosis: Angel Wings, Idiot Sleeves, and a Dumptruck Ass
Vanity Veritas
1 hour 31 minutes 53 seconds
1 year ago
Tuberculosis: Angel Wings, Idiot Sleeves, and a Dumptruck Ass
Before there was heroin chic, there was consumptive chic. How did an objectively horrifying bacterial infection become the height of fashion and a marker of moral superiority, and why does it continue to matter today? In this episode, we discuss the surprising history of TB and its unfortunate, indelible effect on Western beauty standards.
CONTENT WARNING:
This episode contains graphic conversations regarding illness, weight loss, fat phobia, skeletal deformities, body dysmorphia and death.
[31:00-38:00] Death of a parent
All images from this episode can be found on our social media @VanityVeritasPod
Special thanks to our resources for this episode!
Consumptive Chic by Carolyn A. Day
Making Faces by Lisa Eldridge
Makeup A Glamorous History by Lisa Eldridge
Erin Parsons video essays on her Youtube Channel
Abby Cox
Georgian Makeup Tutorial & Queen Victoria Makeup Tutorial by Amber Butchart & Rebecca Butterworth on English Heritage
Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present by Allison Matthews Davis
Vanity Veritas
Three vain friends dive into the history of fads, fashion icons, & beauty standards trying to figure out how we got here & why we care so damn much?
