vampyr

It was an eye-popping magenta purple

HOWEVER, like most aniline dyes, it faded badly, to a washed-out blue-grey ...

...which was the color ignorant youngsters in the 1920s associated with “mauve”.

(This dress is labeled "mauve" as it is the color the above becomes after fading).

They colored their vision of the past with washed-out pastels that were NOTHING like the eye-popping electric shades the mid-Victorians loved. This 1926 fashion history book by Paul di Giafferi paints a hugely distorted, I would say dishonest picture of the past.

Ever since then this faded bluish lavender and not the original electric eye-watering hot pink-purple is the color associated with the word “mauve”.

Ocean Blue Sequin Beaded Sheer Net-Tulle Mermaid Flapper Gown

1920s

Emile Pingat Silk Jacket with Braidwork

1880s

Pale Blue Afternoon Dress

c. 1867

Silk taffeta and silk faille

Label: Worth & Bobergh / 7. Rue de la Paix 7 Paris

Fancy dress ensemble: Marguerite de Valois

c. 1875-1885

pink-rose, cut and uncut pile-weave silk (velvet); gilt passementerie; faux pearl and gilt passementerie; off-white linen bobbin lace; gold-yellow, satin-weave silk; silver-gilt embroidery; off-white, plain-weave silk lining; boning

by House of Worth

Dress

around 1905

Wedding Dress

c. 1841

figured silk satin with net and lace trimming

England