THE fashion decisions of a 48-year-old man are still dictated by his belief that blue is for boys and all other colours are troublingly feminine.
Joe Turner of Leeds, owns 18 polo shirts that range from powder blue to navy blue to slightly darker navy blue and admits other colours leave him feeling confused about gender.
He said: “I was brought up to believe blue meant boy and pink meant girl. End of. I don’t know why other blokes think it’s acceptable to sport colours like orange and burgundy.
“I’m all for expressing your identity, but where does it end? One day you’re wearing a purple T-shirt, the next you’re talking about your feelings. It’s a slippery slope.”
Wife Ellie Turner said: “I bought him a forest green jacket for his birthday and he got really weird about it and said he felt like he was in Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
“The one time I got him into a maroon V-neck he looked awkward and uncomfortable all evening, like one of those dogs forced to wear a little raincoat.”
Turner insists he is not insecure, just a ‘colour traditionalist’, adding: “These so-called modern men in salmon shorts keep telling me colours don’t have gender. But if that’s true, why is the pink Power Ranger a girl?”
