Her Victorious Entrance into London
"For her entry into London her diminutive figure was swathed in royal purple and weighed down in jewels: 'a gowne of purple velvet, hir kirtel purple satten all thicke sett with gouldsmithes work and great pearle, with her foresleves of the same sett with rich stones...a riche bowdricke of gould, pearl, and stones about her necke, and a riche billement of stones and great pearle on her hoode" (Waller 57-58).
Every Day Wear
"Mary's wardrobe accounts show a preference for crimson, followed by black and purple" (57).