Who deemed it to be "female"? Sod the fashionistas, I'll continue to wear my pink pin-stripe shirts.
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Who deemed it to be "female"? Sod the fashionistas, I'll continue to wear my pink pin-stripe shirts.
“In America by the 1890s and the early 20th century, manufacturers attempted to sell more children’s and infants’ clothes by color-coding them,” she said. Some manufacturers branded pink for boys and blue for girls, and vice versa.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
In 1927, there were a lot of regional differences reported between how stores characterized the color, Steele said. Stores like Best & Co. in Manhattan and Marshall Field in Chicago branded pink as a boy’s color. Others like Macy’s in Manhattan and Wanamaker’s in Philadelphia identified pink as a girl’s color.
“There was no unanimity at all,” Steele said. “People were starting to think by the 1920s, because of the manufacturer’s attempt, that there was a distinction between pink and blue for boys and girls.”
Steele believes that the acquisition of two 18th-century paintings by American millionaire Henry Huntington started turning the tide in favor of pink being a girls’ color. “The Blue Boy” depicted a boy dressed in blue, and “Pinkie” portrayed a girl in pink attire.
Huntington’s purchase was widely publicized in the American press, Steele said. People started thinking that for hundreds of years, blue had been for boys and pink had been for girls. But this wasn’t true, she said.
“If you look back, little boys in the 18th century wore blue and pink, and grown-up men wore blue and pink, and ladies and little girls wore blue and pink,” Steele said.
What do they know? They can't even spell the word "colour"!
The Americans are the only country in the world who ascribe the colour red to right-wing politics, and blue to the left. :doh:
If this had ‘Seiko’ printed on the face it would cost you around the £200 mark, this from Ali Express (with a Seiko NH35 movement) £50
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Nice, I got a Squale diver, keeps very good time, good value at around 500 notes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Very pleased with mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
Like the look of TGV's blue one (but not on a khaki strap!).
https://youtu.be/uJ1YwmqS9OQ
i like that one.. seiko movement i bet
NH35A so has an annoying ghost date position when you pull crown out to set it.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth