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With A Cherry on Top ~ A Fashionable Shade of Red

6/7/2021

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While enjoying the fresh cherries picked from our own tree today, it occurred to me that cherry red is one colour which seems to permeate fashion images throughout the centuries.  It is one of those hues that requires panache to wear, and a certain level of self-assurance, perhaps even courage.  Yet it's been embraced by every era I can think of, and is always ready to make a statement about its wearer, whether as an entire gown or costume, or accessory.  The men haven't been left out either!  

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    Patricia Preston ('The Fashion Archaeologist'), Linguist, historian, translator, pattern-maker, former museum professional, and lover of all things costume history. 

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