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Between 1780 and 1850, there is an increasing aestheticization of tuberculosis that becomes entwined with feminine beauty, says Carolyn Day, an assistant professor of history at Furman University in South Carolina and author of the forthcoming book Consumptive Chic: A History of Fashion, Beauty and Disease , which explores how tuberculosis impacted early 19th century British fashion and perceptions of beauty
Suffice it to say that a watch plaid skirt, blue vest, white blouse, knee socks and sensible shoes effectively destroyed my anything goes sixties sense of style
That uncertainty at 2 a.m., checking the mirror for the fifth time, genuinely not knowing if something is wrong or if this is just how recovery goes that is an awful place to be