Long before millennial pink, there was arsenic green. Arsenic green, brighter and longer-lasting than other greens, was made by mixing arsenic and copper together. Her autopsy also confirmed that the arsenic she was using every day had reached her stomach, liver and lungs. While a lot of these stories occur well into the past, there are still fashion deaths this day. While often dismissed as frivolous, fashion’s long history of being literally a life-or-death choice beckons us to better consider what we wear and how it’s made.

Source: National Post May 02, 2019 19:07 UTC