Event
Exhibition: Sanitizing Style: Germ Theory and Fashion at the Turn of the Century
Monday, September 21, 2015toMonday, January 4, 2016
McIntyre Medical Building
Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McIntyre Medical Building, 3rd Floor, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, CA
Price:
Free
Curated by Cynthia Tang, with rare books specialist Anna Dysert and costume curator Catherine Bradley, this exhibition explores the legitimacy that germ theory lent to the late 19th century movement to reform women’s dress, bringing together books, images, artifacts, and clothing pieces from collections across McGill.
