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The first one, a vivid purple hue named mauveine, had been invented by William Henry Perkins in 1856, and more synthetic shades quickly followed (Tortora 361)
A 1939 Esquire pictorial on tropical formal attire suggested patent leather monk front dress shoe, patent leather pumps, blue velvet formal house slipper with gold monogram, worn by well-dressed men at house parties in Palm Beach and other Southern resorts. The monk shoe trend didnt last long but formal slippers have remained acceptable for hosts of less formal home-based black-tie affairs
In reality, her characters, and she herself, were followers of the times leading lady of fashion: Empress Josphine Bonaparte
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