tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698509.post2236706427522973510..comments2024-01-18T02:41:13.646-08:00Comments on Damselfly’s Delights: Life In ColoursLouisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685532773952211627noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698509.post-61805846588617860552007-05-02T16:09:00.000-07:002007-05-02T16:09:00.000-07:00Colour: Northeners such as us Canucks have a love/...Colour: Northeners such as us Canucks have a love/ hate relationship with colour! We love it, but buy 'safe' or black. I'm trying to put more colour into my clothes and have (gasp) bought more red of late.<BR/><BR/>A neat book " A Perfect Red" about the history of cochineal was an eye opening read. It seems that red was the in colour for a time. Everyone HAD to have it....but when it became more widely and cheaply available, so that even the Petticoat Lane 'Ladies of the Night' could wear it, it fell from grace. Black became the new power colour.<BR/><BR/>I like being a scarlet woman....kinda risque for a rubinesque middle aged woman :)<BR/>Guess the power to wear red now comes with menopause and finding one's voice (and opinions ) That and not caring what people think anymore :)<BR/><BR/>hugs, SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com