gence ▁of ▁" altern ative ▁f ash ions " ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁Art istic ▁D ress ▁movement . ▁ ▁In ▁men ' s ▁fashion , ▁the ▁three - pie ce ▁dit to ▁suit ▁of ▁s ack ▁coat , ▁wa ist co at , ▁and ▁tr ous ers ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁fabric ▁emer ged ▁as ▁a ▁novel ty . ▁ ▁Women ' s ▁f ash ions ▁ ▁Col ours ▁ ▁Mau ve ine ▁An il ine ▁d yes ▁( first ▁chemical ▁d yes ) ▁were ▁discovered ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 6 ▁and ▁quickly ▁became ▁fashion able ▁colors . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁ones ▁were ▁m au ve ▁and ▁bright ▁pur ple . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 0 , ▁two ▁fashion able ▁brilliant ▁p ink ▁an il ine ▁d yes ▁were ▁named ▁after ▁batt les ▁in ▁Italy ' s ▁fight ▁for ▁independence : ▁mag enta , ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Italian ▁town ▁of ▁Mag enta , ▁Lomb ard y , ▁and ▁the ▁similar ▁sol fer ino , ▁named ▁after ▁Sol fer ino . ▁ ▁Mag enta ▁was ▁popular ized ▁in ▁England ▁by ▁the ▁Duch ess ▁of ▁S uther land ▁after ▁she ▁was ▁appe aled ▁to ▁by ▁the ▁Sp ital fields ▁sil k ▁we a vers . ▁ ▁G own s ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 6 0 s , ▁sk ir ts ▁had ▁reached ▁their ▁ult imate ▁width . ▁After ▁about ▁ 1 8 6 2 ▁the ▁sil hou ette ▁of ▁the ▁cr in oline ▁changed ▁and ▁rather ▁than ▁being ▁bell