A recent journey into the Readex archives reveals just how much clothing and fashion informed social, political, religious, and health opinions and commentaries in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Health and Well-Being Clothing is an aspect of fashion, but not all clothing. Fashion is more than clothing. The correlation of clothing and the materials with which it is made to physical well-being has long been a valid concern for public health officials specifically because the materials could provide a...

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