22 min
Ep 33 | Pink for Boys, Blue for Girls, and Other Colour Stories In the Vitrine
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- Arts
Episode 33: We speak about Lanvin’s quattrocento blue and Schiaparelli’s shocking pink, and segue into how the colours blue and pink have historically been gendered. We talk about Korean artist Jeongmee Yoon’s “The Pink and Blue Project”, and exhibitions that have focused on singular colours and their meanings, such as “Black in Fashion: From Mourning to Night” at the National Gallery of Victoria. We marvel at rare, naturally occurring colours in the Forbes Pigment Collection, and meander to think about signature packaging colours in the form of Tiffany and Co. blue and Hermès orange. We end off where we started: speaking about Millennial Pink, our favourite Pantone Colour of the Year (2016) in recent memory, and this year’s Classic Blue.
*We recorded this episode from our homes during Singapore’s lockdown. Do excuse the background noise!
Episode 33: We speak about Lanvin’s quattrocento blue and Schiaparelli’s shocking pink, and segue into how the colours blue and pink have historically been gendered. We talk about Korean artist Jeongmee Yoon’s “The Pink and Blue Project”, and exhibitions that have focused on singular colours and their meanings, such as “Black in Fashion: From Mourning to Night” at the National Gallery of Victoria. We marvel at rare, naturally occurring colours in the Forbes Pigment Collection, and meander to think about signature packaging colours in the form of Tiffany and Co. blue and Hermès orange. We end off where we started: speaking about Millennial Pink, our favourite Pantone Colour of the Year (2016) in recent memory, and this year’s Classic Blue.
*We recorded this episode from our homes during Singapore’s lockdown. Do excuse the background noise!
22 min