[Magdalen] Taupe?

[Ginga Wilder]

I agree that 'taupe' or pink is not what I'm speaking of....kakki is much
more of a tan (yellow or perhaps blue base, not pink or red).

Ginga

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:06 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
>