Stories
- Photo story
My body, my hair
To depilate or not to depilate? Farah Esset and Eden Rickson share a collection of personal pictures and stories that explore the intimate interplay between body hair and identity.
- Book extract
Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
- Article
Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Directions for using Hindoo Hair Destroyer : this preparation is divided into two parts, #1 and #2 ... / Frederica Hudson Ltd.
Frederica Hudson (Firm)Date: [1937?]- Ephemera
If undeliverable return : F. Hudson, Ltd., 9 Old Cavendish Street, London, W.1. England / Frederica Hudson Ltd.
Frederica Hudson (Firm)Date: [1937?]- Ephemera
Beauty ephemera. Box 8.
- Ephemera
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Order card.
Date: [1954?]- Ephemera
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Bonus order card.
Date: 1955