[Magdalen] Taupe?

[Judy Fleener]

Didn't some people give Obama grief for wearing a "tan" suit?

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 11:41 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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>
> I heard/read two comments this past week that implied
> it was poor taste for a man to wear a taupe colored suit.  Thiswas
> especially true, according to these comments, for businessand professional
> men.
> I was surprised by these comments because back in the day whenI was,
> according to my ex-wife, mother-in-law, and daughter,a genuine "clothes
> horse," I  had a couple of taupe suits that Iwore to work frequently.
>
> Taupe/khaki was also the color of the summer uniform of the US ArmyMedical
> Corps, though I had a few uniforms that were cut of the oldpinkish-khaki
> hue that the old Army regulars called, simply, "pinks."The pinkish hue was
> routine for all USA Army officers up through WW-2;
> Has anyone else heard this commentary on wearing the taupe color?
>
> David Strang.
>


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Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan