@vintagefashionguild on Instagram: "Victorian Era evening dress, maker unknown c. 1870. The green was the most fashionable colour in Victorian era fashion, it was called the Paris green, also known as emerald green. It became popular among the elite society after Empress Eugenie wore a green evening gown to the Paris Opera in 1864, because the colour was so breathtakingly vivid and remained unchanged under the gaslight. The colour was achieved with arsenic dye, which was later…
