The Red Dress

Cleveland Photographer photographs red dress 7Artistic works are filled with images of women in red dresses.  We are not talking about the red in the movie “Annie” that signifies the exuberance and hope of youth.  No, we’re talking about the seductress Charlotte in the movie, “The Woman In Red” or the woman that Chris de Burgh longed for in his song, “The Lady In Red“.  Sociologists call it the Red Dress Effect, where women automatically seem more appealing because of the effect of red on the subconscious, the more vibrant and bold, the better.

Cleveland Photographer photographs red dress 8Cleveland Photographer photographs red dress 9Cleveland Photographer photographs red dress 12The reality is I don’t think that Renee gave critical consideration to the implications of red on the unsuspecting public.  In my mind, La Modèle en Rouge, saw a beautiful dress in a store window and thought, “the only thing that would make that dress better would be me in it!”.  Tell me what you think, was Renee right?

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