A pink J Crew jumper with a Fair Isle pattern has sent countless Americans into apoplexy. Why? Because it's pink, and they can't be seen wearing anything pink.
After a social media commentator voiced her aversion, thousands of her followers rushed to agree with her.
"No man in my family would wear it" wrote one. "My husband wouldn't use a pink bathroom towel" said another. Others responded in similar vein.
The irony is that pink hasn't been seen as feminine for all that long. If you go back to the 18th century, boys happily wore pink (and girls happily wore blue). Pink was considered a masculine colour right up to the mid 1940s, when the roles of pink and blue were gradually reversed (it's not clear how it happened - something to do with marketing strategies).
I don't have any pink clothing myself., but that's mainly because men's clothing shops often don't stock anything pink. I would cheerfully wear the J Crew jumper, though I might get some funny looks from traditional males).
Pic: Not the J Crew jumper, which I was unable to copy.
My husband has a few violet colored dress shirts. I’ve seen plenty of men wearing pink, yellow, and purple in Florida. It might be more of a locale issue.
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