Ellen G. White does not use the exact phrase "killing by clothes," but she does speak very strongly about the dangers of improper and fashionable clothing, especially for women and children. She repeatedly warns that following fashion in dress can lead to disease, invalidism, and even death. Here are some key points from her writings: - She states, "More die as the result of following fashion than from all other causes." (The Health Reformer, November 1, 1870; HL 64.3) - She describes how mothers, by dressing their children according to fashion (leaving limbs exposed or compressing the body), "endanger their health and life" and that such practices "have cost the lives of thousands." (How to Live 5:67-69; HL 147) - She says, "Unhealthful dress brings many a child to a state of invalidism, or, which in many cases may be preferable, to an early death. Thus fashion fills the homes of its slaves with invalids, and our cemeteries with little graves." (Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 90.2) - She also notes that "the amount of physical suffering created by unnatural and unhealthful dress cannot be estimated. Many have become lifelong invalids through their compliance with the demands of fashion. Displacements and deformities, cancers and other terrible diseases, are among the evils resulting from fashionable dress." (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 634.4) In summary, Ellen White does not use the exact phrase "killing by clothes," but she does clearly teach that improper, fashionable, or restrictive clothing can and does lead to sickness and death, especially among women and children. References: - White, E. G. (1870). "More die as the result of following fashion than from all other causes." The Health Reformer, November 1; Healthful Living, 64.3. - White, E. G. (n.d.). How to Live 5:67-69; Healthful Living, 147. - White, E. G. (1890). Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 90.2. - White, E. G. (1881). Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 634.4.