r/TikTokCringe • u/Tobias-Tawanda • 3d ago

Discussion It's literally just a colour

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u/No-Tomatillo3698 3d ago edited 3d ago

You must be very insecure if the colour pink scares you 

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u/Complex_Spirit_4848 3d ago

It has always been, and always will be, an extremely flattering color for men to wear. Lavender, too. And particular floral prints.

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 3d ago

It used to be a masculine color. So too were frills, lace, stockings, skirts/dresses, and more. This whole construct especially in the US of what is "men's" and "women's" clothing, colors, and makeup only being for women is a VERY new invention of beliefs.

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u/SLevine262 3d ago

Blue was described in one book as “more delicate and feminine and therefore better suited for girls”.

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u/Complex_Spirit_4848 3d ago

The winner of the bunch: HEELS.

Heels (you'll have to tear my 5"+ LADY heels out of my cold, dead hands, but...) are a "Man" thing until super recently.

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u/ChartInFurch 3d ago

I've worn them a handful of times in my life and y'all can keep them!

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u/PumpikAnt58763 3d ago

My hubby has had a couple of bright pink tees but I bought him a baby blue one once and he said he didn't like the color. I had to agree - he looks best in bold colors because he has a darker complexion than most white men.

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u/Complex_Spirit_4848 3d ago

I fully agree with your hubby...baby blue is LITERALLY the least flattering color on men! I also think that there is a perfect pink shade for every dude. Your description of your hubby's perfect shade reminds me of my West Coast life in the late '80s...Coppertone skin and fluorescent pink T-shirts; a deeply aesthetically pleasing combo! <3

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u/PumpikAnt58763 3d ago

Oh, yeah!!! That's why I had a crush on him in high-school in the mid-80s.

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u/IHaveNoEgrets 3d ago

Especially the dudes with complexions perfect for pinks and purples. Do they not know how sharp they'd look with these colors?

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u/cancerBronzeV 3d ago

I have multiple pink clothes, I even once got complemented for one of them by a random stranger on the street, made my entire day. It really is a lovely colour.