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If you are a Steampunk fan, you have probably seen a meme that looks something like this: Personally, this has nothing to do with how I fell in love with this awesome sci-fi genre. And in truth the steam era was a lot more colorful than people give it credit for. The discovery of new dyes and pigments, coupled with the rise of ready-made clothing through mechanization of the processes of garment-making, led to an explosion of color in fashion for both sexes in the second half of the 19th century. The Introduction of Artificial Dyes Until the mid-1800’s, the fashion industry was limited by the availability of natural dyes. Crushed plants and animals provided the only way to add […]
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