19th century woman with green dress, victorian lady" Sticker for Sale by NadiaChevrel Redbubble In the Victorian Era, green dresses were dyed with arsenic based pigments. These 'Poison Green' dresses caused horrible physical suffering and early death Scheele's green was the most fashionable colour for the Victorian elite. Unfortunately the dye combined copper and arsenic and resulted in skin cancer, killing hundreds of textile workers. Did someone say those Elderly woman dressed up in Victorian period costume of a green dress and bonnet with a lace shawl, standing in a garden. Broadstairs Dickens Week Stock Photo Alamy Green Satin Long Sleeve Lace Baroque Vintage Dress Victorian Era evening dress, maker unknown c. 1870. The green was the most fashionable colour in Victorian era fashion, it was called Paris green, also known as emerald green. It became popular