Saturday, April 9, 2011

Gendering Clothes

Just a quick add on post...I was trawling one of my favourite blogs "Doc in Boots" and came across her link to the Smithsonian.  There is an interesting article about the gendering of children's clothes and the history behind it.  I loved the thought of all those macho men having to come to terms with the reality that if they had been born prior to 1940 there was a very good likelihood that they would spend the first 6 years of their life in a white dress and then more than likely take up the colour pink as part of their clothing repertoire!  The link is below - enjoy it, I did!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html

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