Science of fashion & beauty

The first stories in this collection are on their way.

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• 40,000 People Queued a Mile for Nylon Stockings 1945–1946 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• A Singing Seagull Changed How Australia Dresses 1980–1981 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• A Sunburn on a Mountain Invented SPF 1938–1974 · Piz Buin, Alps
• Burrs on a Dog Gave the World Velcro 1941–1955 · near Geneva, Switzerland, and Lyon, France
• Did Lead Makeup Kill? A Physicist Tested It on Pigskin 1760 · London → 2020s · Hamilton, Canada
• Egypt's Lead Eyeliner May Have Fought Infection c. 2000 BC · Egypt → 2010 · Paris
• England Burned the Wood That Dyed Its Clothes Black 1581–c. 1660s · London, England, and Campeche, Mexico
• High Heels Were Invented for Persian Horsemen 10th–17th century · Persia (Iran) → Europe
• His Wife's Hair Burned Twice Before the First Perm 8 Oct 1906 · London, England
• How Indigo Became 'Japan Blue' 1870s · Tokyo and Edo-era Japan
• Mali's Cloth Is Painted With Year-Old Mud Traditional, revived from 1980 · San and Bamako, Mali
• Mascara Began With Coal Dust and Petroleum Jelly 1915–1923 · Chicago, USA