These five one-sheet zines are a series dedicated to the history of women's makeup, fashion and it's sometimes torturous or deadly results. Stuck Up is a zine on the history of the tampon as well as Padded a history of the menstrual pad. Tight-Laced Women deals with the corseting of women to achieve ideal standards of beauty. Well Heeled talks about Women's quest to a shaplier leg and Bobbed is the history of the short cut that defined the flapper and the modern woman. They are enveloped in a pink organza bag.
RiTUAL. A ceremonial act ~ Rites used in the course of worship ~ The performance of ceremonial acts ~ The prescribed form of conducting the ceremony ~ A method of procedure that is followed without variation ~ performance with gestures, words, and objects, often in a sequestered place.
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