In a message dated 99-06-07 13:17:30 EDT, you write:
<< I believe, although this is very fuzzy, that the modern western tradition
of
wearing white is a Victorian development. But there I'm happy to be
contradicted since I'm unsure. >>
Some years ago I was told that the color all Victorian brides felt compelled
to wear was mauve. Interestingly, I was also told that this was the
preferred color at funerals. I think the teller of these facts, if they are
indeed facts, was pointing out some hidden association of these transitional
events. More than likely it was that mauve was one of the new fashionable
colors produced by coal tar.
mark
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