We have been talking about dyes…

… because they were a key reason that the Early Victorian Fashion Era turned into the Mid Victorian Fashion Era in about 1862.  We’re almost to the 19th century… hang on.

First – and 1858 daguerrotype of a CAT to find out if anyone is paying attention – and to introduce our next section where we will discuss specific dyes AND eventually get to what happened in the early 1860’s.