To: Wonder Warthog
I like those snazzy red coats !
To: Eric in the Ozarks
I like those snazzy red coats !Well, as it was explained to me those coats are (were?) called "pinks". The name came not from the color of the coat but the taylor way back in the early 19th who created them for the Regency horsey-set.
63 posted on
07/07/2003 2:59:51 PM PDT by
yankeedame
("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
To: Eric in the Ozarks
I like those snazzy red coats !Well, as it was explained to me those coats are (were?) called "pinks". The name came not from the color of the coat but the tailor way back in the early 19th who created them for the Regency horsey-set.
64 posted on
07/07/2003 3:00:18 PM PDT by
yankeedame
("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
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