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Dyes
Published in Pankaj Chowdhary, Abhay Raj, Contaminants and Clean Technologies, 2020
Environmental pollution due to urbanization and the rapid growth of industries has a damaging influence on human well-being and ecology. This major source of ecological contamination is created by textile industries, which acts a major stake of dyes in India and has been known to exist for over 4,000 years (Gupta et al., 2005). Among the total industrial production, the textile industries in India contribute nearly about 14% of the country. In 1856, the principal synthetic colorant ‘mauveine’ was discovered by W. H. Perkin, who obtained it from impure aniline through the oxidation process (Sujata and Bharagava, 2016; Zainith et al., 2016). To date, approximately tens of thousands of synthetic dyes have been discovered, among which over one thousand are commercially available and frequently used in different industries for different purposes by the discovery of diazotization and azo coupling in the chemistry of synthetic dyes. Nevertheless, the applications of these synthetic dyes have shown very detrimental effects on the environment and humans showing allergies and toxic, carcinogenic, or other harmful responses.
Collaborative fashion consumption in the sharing economy: Philosophical and aesthetic perspectives
Published in Journal of Global Fashion Marketing, 2020
In the fashion industry, the invention of the mass production system deconstructed the exclusive status of aesthetical standards, which were once considered possessions of the high-class because colourful pigments for fabric were extremely expensive. William Henry Perkin, a British chemist, is regarded as a pioneer in this context for making the first synthetic dye called mauveine, a purple colour (Nagendrappa, 2010). Before the invention of mauveine, the purple colour indicated nobility to the public because of the expensive price of the pigments and the limitation of extraction in production systems. However, this synthetic dye was able to contribute to the mass production process and to trigger the powerful movement of the fashion businesses.
Colour forecasting
Published in Textile Progress, 2019
Great interest in colour and the prospect for the development of ranges of new synthetic dyes was stimulated by William Perkin’s discovery of the first synthetic dye, Mauveine, in 1856 and the opening of his factory to mass-produce the dye in 1857. An international exhibition held in London in 1862 (a follow-on from the first-ever exhibition of manufactured products, namely the successful Great Exhibition held in London in 1851), exhibited the new colours available for textiles and fabrics [9]. Experiments aimed at the production of artificial silk in the mid-1800s culminated in the development of viscose rayon in 1894 by Cross and Bevan, opening up the possibility of more-affordable ranges of filament fabrics for use in garment making.