For some strange reason, the women's fashion industry has perpetuated a racket which has us trying to decipher sizing that is make believe (what's a 2? an 8? a 12?). Unknown. Men, on the other hand, learn the measurements of their waist and their inseam (or length) so they purchase pants like a normal person.
It is SUPER easy to measure your waist and length. Take back your power, women, and learn your sizing. Here's how:
Other deep thoughts on the way, but red has this vast and fascinating history as well.
Blood. Roses. Stop. Seduction. Devil.
And before we get too deep...let's talk about how, for centuries (presumably), people with orange hair have been called Red Heads. Never have I seen naturally actually red hair. RED hair. Red like a rose hair. Red like blood hair. Have you!?
Why aren't those lucky ones called Orange Heads? Are they just called Red Heads because those words together make a slant rhyme and people are lazy? Because I'll tell you right now, if we ordered red socks from our manufacturer and they showed up the color of my sister's hair (which started out as orangey and is now a pretty rust) I'd be curious if there was a breakdown in communication.
A red herring, however, is a phrase you may want to start using as comments on social media, because catch this: A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question (um, that's SO much of social media). It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring may be used intentionally, as in mystery fiction or as part of rhetorical strategies (like in politics), or may be used in argumentation inadvertently.
Okay, can we stop for a second and appreciate that red herrings are EVERYWHERE? Suddenly I'm wondering if things I say could be red herrings! I need to go back and look.
Anyway, the term "red herring" was popularized in 1807 by English polemicist William Cobbett, who told a story of having used a strong-smelling smoked fish to divert and distract hounds from chasing a rabbit
PS: there is no such fish as a red herring. The brine used when smoking herring can be so strong it actually turns the fish a reddish color.
SooOOOooo: check out more red love.
xo,
Claire
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In fact, in 2017 The Pantone Color Institute debuted “Love Symbol #2,” a deep purple based on the late star’s custom-made piano.
So we have purple and Prince in Minnesota.
AND we have the Vikings NFL team. Purple + Yellow. Of course you've heard of the Purple People Eaters. Purple People Eaters were the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. It references a popular song from 1958, the efficiency of the defense, and the color of their uniforms. The motto of the Purple People Eaters was "Meet at the quarterback."
And check this out...the Vikings are the ONLY NFL team that has purple as their main color. Why purple, you ask? The Minnesota team was an expansion franchise in 1961 looking for a bold, unique look (ahem...that sounds like one of Monochrome's pillars!). The secondary color (gold) was selected to reflect Minnesota's Scandinavian heritage. Who knew?
So ANYways, it stands to reason that Minnesota has all these connections to purple. Look, we're trying SO hard to get the purples right. Purple, we realize, is the hardest color to get right. Red...people get red. Blue...blue is fairly standard. But suddenly you have plum or violet and you're thinking: what is purple?
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Google told me this: "Yellow fever is a viral disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Yellow fever can lead to serious illness and even death. It is called 'yellow fever' because in serious cases, the skin turns yellow in color. This is known as 'jaundice.'"
So that's all terrible news. Though I do remember when our baby was born our midwives said he looked a bit jaundiced and when testing his skin, he, in fact was and this why: immature livers cannot process bilirubin. Bilirubin is formed when the body breaks down old red blood cells (not sure how a new human could have old red blood cells, but what I do know?). The liver usually processes and removes bilirubin from the blood.
What helps the yellow-tinged baby? SUN.
Sunlight helps to break down indirect bilirubin so that a baby's liver can process it more easily.
THE SUN!
So we sat in a sunny window with our newborn baby. If only I had been wearing this yellow blazer and these yellow pants, I may have helped. (Definitely would not have helped.)
xo
Claire
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