In university I used to wear what I thought was a dark blue oxford shirt until someone said “wow, it’s really brave of you to wear that shirt”, which is when I learned it was a strong purple.
I was mortified because growing up I got called gay (which was very much an insult at the time) and made fun of a lot.
I didn’t wear it for a while after, but eventually I got over it and the girls seemed to like it, I got asked out by a number of them over the lifetime of that shirt. I put on weight and it got pit stains and I had to throw it away.
Nobody ever made fun of me forwearing that shirt, at least not to my face.
I was hesitant to wear pink or purple in high school for the same reasons. In college, though, I stopped caring. And as you say, they were good colors for my social life. :)
Purple’s a great color for nice clothes! My favorite polo is a nice, deep purple, and I have a few button downs that are lighter shades of purple too. But yeah, back in the 90s that was definitely a “gay” color, and that was 100% meant as an insult at the time.
I’m also colorblind.
In university I used to wear what I thought was a dark blue oxford shirt until someone said “wow, it’s really brave of you to wear that shirt”, which is when I learned it was a strong purple.
I was mortified because growing up I got called gay (which was very much an insult at the time) and made fun of a lot.
I didn’t wear it for a while after, but eventually I got over it and the girls seemed to like it, I got asked out by a number of them over the lifetime of that shirt. I put on weight and it got pit stains and I had to throw it away.
Nobody ever made fun of me forwearing that shirt, at least not to my face.
Sounds like we’re near the same age. :)
I was hesitant to wear pink or purple in high school for the same reasons. In college, though, I stopped caring. And as you say, they were good colors for my social life. :)
Purple’s a great color for nice clothes! My favorite polo is a nice, deep purple, and I have a few button downs that are lighter shades of purple too. But yeah, back in the 90s that was definitely a “gay” color, and that was 100% meant as an insult at the time.