![]() ![]() An example of this is Millennial Pink, this colour exists really in the minds of people, it has a cultural weight. Over time the physical existence disappeared.Ĭolours are a cultural creation, we understand what we mean when we say the name of a colour. The colours only existed in the minds of the people who spoke about it at the time. I read lots of accounts of parties and something that I noticed is that they were using a colour vocabulary between themselves, that I had absolutely no frame of reference for. It involved going to the V&A, trawling through their archives, looking at lots of archived newspaper accounts. KSC My degree was straight-forward modern history, I did my dissertation on 18th century women’s history, more particularly, I looked at what women wore to masquerade balls during the 18th century. ![]() The author of ‘The Secret Lives of Colour’ talks individualism, colour trends over the centuries, and the politics of colour ownership.ĬG You mention in your book that you fell in love with colour inadvertently, whilst studying 18th-century women’s fashions, what exactly did you study? An interview with writer, cultural historian and colour expert Kassia St Clair. ![]()
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