[Magdalen] Taupe?

[Grace Cangialosi]

Growing up in an Army family, I could never figure out why some of my father’s uniforms were called “pinks.” They didn’t look the least bit pink to me! But, of course, it never occurred to me to ask!

> On Mar 25, 2019, at 11:41PM, 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. 
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> 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?
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> David Strang.