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Dr. Alison Matthews David is an associate professor in the School of Fashion at Ryerson University. She holds a PhD in Art History from Stanford University. Her research on fashion victims examines how dress causes bodily harm to its makers and wearers. She has also published on military uniforms, and on representations of fashion in literature, notably in L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. She is also interested in colour theory and the aesthetic movement. ...more

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Average rating: 4.19 · 1,329 ratings · 244 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present 4.27 avg rating — 763 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History by Alison Matthews David, Serah-Marie McMahon (Goodreads Author), Gillian Wilson (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fashion Victims: Pleasures & Perils of Dress in the 19th Century by Alison Matthews David, Elizabeth Semmelhack really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	‘Chevalier du Bracelet’: George Barbier and His Illustrated Works by Arthur M. Smith, Anne Dondertman (foreword), Alison Matthews David (introduction) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“white coats, ties, and stethoscopes, symbols of Western male medical professionalism,”
― Alison Matthews-David, Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present

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“Заполняя гардероб заведомо «одноразовой» одеждой, мы, возможно неумышленно, причиняем боль, страдания и иногда даже несем смерть жителям стран третьего мира.”
― Alison Matthews David, Жертвы моды: опасная одежда прошлого и наших дней

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“writers adopted the medical language of contagion to describe mauve’s rapid spread through the population, describing it as “very catching.”
― Alison Matthews-David, Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present

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