Fashion kills

Have you ever thought that fashion would also cause death? There are many people who die out to be fashionable and to look cooler. Here are five deadly fashion trends in history!

Corset The fact that women turned their bodies into an hourglass by tightening their corsets more than necessary destroyed their internal organs and made it difficult for them to breathe. Internal organs were displaced and one of the ribs was easier to break. Broken ribs could also cause bleeding in internal organs. Joseph Hennella, who performed imitation shows, fell on the stage in 1912 because of the corset he tightened too much and died. The New York Times wrote that the cause of Hennella's death was "an increase in waist size."

Giant headdresses This fashion, popular with women in 17th and 18th century France, wore giant headdresses. This trend got out of control and gigantic, they turned into killing machines ... Although these giant headboards seem harmless in their own right, they were getting very dangerous in a hall full of candle chandeliers. Since the materials from which the headgear are made are very suitable for burning, it is known that there were women who caught fire by striking the headgear by the candle at that time. It is also known in history that a woman named Mrs. von Ilten burned her face, neck and hands as a result of her head burning.

 Using lead as a make-up material since ancient Greece until the 1920s, powders or lotions made directly from lead were applied to the face as make-up. Lead poisoning is something that kills people slowly. Therefore, it took years for lead to accumulate in people's bodies and become fatal. Until then, he was showing symptoms such as headaches, loss of appetite, damage to the brain and nervous system, a metal taste in the mouth that never went away, and paralysis. One of the causes of Queen Elizabeth I's death is thought to be the lead in her makeup.

Crinoline especially for women in the 19th century, were the invisible heroes of women's fashion. At the same time, the gigantic wire hoops that raised the skirt of the dress were also used to make the women's butt appear larger and the waist thinner.

In 1863, 2000-3000 people died in a church fire in Santiago, Chile. Tragically, wire skirts played an important role in the death toll. The fire started when one of the curtains caught fire from an oil lamp. People trying to escape from the church got caught in the obstacle created by the giant skirts of women. Even though people wanted to go out, many women in big skirts were piled up at the door, stuck and making it impossible to get out.