In the Pink...
The codification of colour is one of the most
fascinating subjects I know.
Blue for a boy, pink for a girl.
It was not always so...
fascinating subjects I know.
Blue for a boy, pink for a girl.
It was not always so...
posted by Tales from the Birch Wood. at
12:23
2 Comments:
I was always bothered by the blue/pink dichotomy -- and so clothed my baby in such items as handmade red checkered tshirts. Currently, we have a commercially produced pink (plus lavender) mania among little girls in our country. Dreadful!
There is a wonderful painting in our
National Gallery of a gentleman wearing extraordinary pink robes and the star of the Order of the Bath.
Pink was used for dressing boys in the past, but somehow a cultural shift took place.
All the little girls in Europe seem to bedeck themselves in pink and silver these days. It can be very fetching.
Pink combined with an ill-chosen shade of lavender could be a bit OTT, I agree.
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