the origin of pink for girls and blue for boys

[e_p]

I read somewhere recently that girls were dressed in blue until the early 1900s because the Virgin Mary wore blue? I wonder what changed?

[Phteven]

Interesting blog with some great links Pink v blue - are children born with gender preferences? | Politics | guardian.co.uk

There has been quite a bot of discussion about pink/blue in the British media since Hamley's decided to scrap the colour coding.

Yasin's favourite jumper for a long time was pink until he got older and realised that people expected him to wear blue. He also enjoyed dolls and pretending to be a Dad until MIL told him dolls were for girls. *****.