The history of women in design is not exactly a tale of feminist triumph, and this exhibition, which follows their work from the late 19th century to the present, is more eclectic than momentous
Scheele’s green was an arsenic-laced dye, emerald-hued and blisteringly poisonous. Those who wore the hue were cursed with a rash or the occasional oozing sore. Those who made the clothes perished.