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#101 2012-03-07 15:25:47
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
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#102 2012-03-07 16:47:56
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
There is a lot of stuff around on pink. I'm on the hop now but from memory pink was the manly colour and what young baby boys were dressed in. This was the dominant theme up until fairly recently I think around the early 1900 I think is when it changed to pink for girls.
#103 2012-03-07 16:50:19
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Aah i just folowed formbys link
It has been noted, not least by the sceptic Ben Goldacre while attacking research on the subject, that the pink/blue split was not always as it is today.
He cited the Ladies' Home Journal from 1918 saying: "There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger colour is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl."
#104 2012-03-07 16:55:53
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
At least here in Melbourne there was a stage not too many years ago when everyone seemed to be wearing pink shirts. Pink pols were big, plus pink casual shirts on young blokes and pink shirts with ties and suits in the CBD. I still see a bit around and it's usually a pale pink or a deeper pink, it wouldn't raise an eyebrow in most baordrooms here unless too bright and candy. I don't know what it's like in the less sophisticated places, like Sydney, but Prince Nez and Meister, the only two men on Sydney who wear ties might chime in.
#105 2012-03-07 16:59:07
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
The whole pink thing with women's cancer and astro turfing of caring and fund raising and that bandwagon has generated a lot of good essays from a feminist perspective. There is a lot of good stuff there and the best go into Bit of the history of pink and gender stereotypes.
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#108 2012-03-08 06:51:01
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#110 2012-03-09 10:14:41
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#111 2012-03-09 15:25:11
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#115 2012-03-10 03:33:16
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#117 2012-03-10 10:13:59
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#118 2012-03-10 11:10:54
#119 2012-03-10 12:06:56
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
I have seen more pink and lilac shirts than green, especially bright green, especially in dress shirts.
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#122 2012-03-10 13:39:27
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#125 2012-03-10 19:22:53
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Re: The outer limits of shirting
I wouldn't mind a white shirt with small emerald green stripes - Green Lantern green...