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#1 2006-09-06 18:45:18
- steedappeal
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The Scarlet and the Noir...
Just had the pleasure of hanging with FNB this afternoon.
He spun a splendid tale of his recent cloth buying adventure where a stripe of a suiting fabric that was meant to be another color came in as Scarlet; he had the suit made anyway.
I recommended he make this pattern part of his regular "uniform" (a Stendahl syndrome of sorts).
Let's hope the FNB tie will match.
#2 2006-09-07 06:01:23
- Film Noir Buff
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Re: The Scarlet and the Noir...
Actually, I thought the stripe was more magenta or hot pink. It seems to change color depending on what tie it's put next to. Whatever color it actually is, I definitely felt in the pink.
#3 2006-09-10 00:48:15
- Horace
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Re: The Scarlet and the Noir...
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#5 2006-09-22 04:29:58
- Twin Six
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Re: The Scarlet and the Noir...
This brings up a question I've had for a while. I have only once seen a man wearing a maroon suit -- solid maroon, or burgundy, if you will. It struck me as unusual. Navy suits are far from rare, so why is the equivalent shade of the red end of the spectrum almost never seen as the dominant color?
Conversely, oxblood shoes (avoiding the term "cordovan" for the sake of clarity) are far more accepted in a conventional setting than are blue shoes.
Why do these color preferences prevail?
#6 2006-09-22 04:41:49
- ausmith
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Re: The Scarlet and the Noir...
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#8 2006-09-22 14:25:01
- stanshall
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Re: The Scarlet and the Noir...
horace: the sloane ranger handbook specifically advocated "raspberry" linings
bosthist: and at the same time scarlet, maroon, burgundy and crimson enjoy ecclesiastical associations they also are associated with hell, e.g. the Scarlet Beast in Revelation, sin (Prynne), death (Masque of the Red Death) and other negative things
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