Mondays, April 1 - May 13, 2024 | 10:15 AM - 11:35 AM [VIA ZOOM]
This is not your usual history of fashion – this class will examine the cruelties of fashion. From insidious murder weapons to blaze-igniting crinolines, clothing has been the cause of death, disease and madness throughout history, by accident and design. Clothing is designed to protect, shield and comfort us, yet lurking among our seemingly innocuous garments we’ll find hats laced with mercury, dresses loaded with arsenic and literally ‘drop-dead gorgeous’ gowns. This class will take you on a fascinating journey through the lethal history of women’s, men’s and children’s dress, in myth and reality. So please join us for a sobering, scary tale of dangerous clothing - and by the way, would you like a lovely arsenic green dress with matching hair ornaments? Or, how about a pair of shiny benzene black boots? Or perhaps even an elegant top hat treated with mercury? Deadly, lethal, pestilent!
Special Notes
NOTE: NO CLASS ON APRIL 8 (Solar Eclipse). Last class May 13.
Presenter: Judi Slack
Judi Slack received her Bachelor's degree from Iowa State University and Master's degree in Education from Cleveland State University. Her early career days were as a psychiatric social worker. The remaining years of her career were spent as an elementary school teacher and then as an administrator. She has taught education courses at Cleveland State, University of Akron and Notre Dame. Tea has been a lifelong passion and she has four different certificates from the World Tea Academy: Tea Specialist, Tea Professional, Tea Sommelier, Tea Health Expert.
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The purpose of the Institute for Learning in Retirement is to provide senior adults the highest quality, most-accessible and least-expensive educational, social and cultural experiences possible. We believe that lifelong learning is important for mental and emotional growth at any age. We hope that the time for you to learn and have fun is now.