A fashion designer moved into a law office in Paris, then enlisted Uchronia to reimagine it. From there, the plot thickens.

After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...

Purple is the new pink, and it’s not even close to looking seriously deranged. This week, the royal shade has popped up on ...