![Day Dress, Designer Unknown, 1873. The brilliant violet coloring exemplifies the fashion for bright new synthetic dyes, discovered by accident by Sir William Henry Perkin in 1856. : r/fashionhistory Day Dress, Designer Unknown, 1873. The brilliant violet coloring exemplifies the fashion for bright new synthetic dyes, discovered by accident by Sir William Henry Perkin in 1856. : r/fashionhistory](https://i.redd.it/g65tula6jki91.jpg)
Day Dress, Designer Unknown, 1873. The brilliant violet coloring exemplifies the fashion for bright new synthetic dyes, discovered by accident by Sir William Henry Perkin in 1856. : r/fashionhistory
![maureen cassells on Twitter: "#Perkins #Purple and a bit of #PurpleHaze. If I have triplets I will call them #Aniline #Mauvine & #Quinine #Hendrix #Murex #shellfish https://t.co/3Sm35jFnZY" / Twitter maureen cassells on Twitter: "#Perkins #Purple and a bit of #PurpleHaze. If I have triplets I will call them #Aniline #Mauvine & #Quinine #Hendrix #Murex #shellfish https://t.co/3Sm35jFnZY" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHNMsrsXkAE4G9C.jpg)
maureen cassells on Twitter: "#Perkins #Purple and a bit of #PurpleHaze. If I have triplets I will call them #Aniline #Mauvine & #Quinine #Hendrix #Murex #shellfish https://t.co/3Sm35jFnZY" / Twitter
![This silk dress is dyed with Sir William Henry Perkin´s (1838-1907) original mauve aniline dye. The purple, even though it has faded, has a richness u... - SuperStock This silk dress is dyed with Sir William Henry Perkin´s (1838-1907) original mauve aniline dye. The purple, even though it has faded, has a richness u... - SuperStock](https://cdn.superstock.com/1895/Comp/1895-18207.webp)