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Harriet Fletcher, Lecturer in Media and Communication, Anglia Ruskin University

How pink became fashion's colour of controversy: a brief history

Portrait of Madame Gely by Frederick Carl Frieseke (1907). Public Domain Review

From the blush pink of royal mistresses to the hot pink of tabloid party girls, pink has gained a reputation for being a provocative colour for those who dare to wear it.


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