Back in the 1700s, men and women wore pink ... who are both wearing dresses," she explains. "One is a pink brocade satin dress, one is a yellow dress, and they have these pinafores over them ...

In the West, pink first became fashionable in the mid-1700s, when European aristocrats ... French couturier Paul Poiret created dresses in pale and pastel pinks, as well as bolder cherry ...

Poulette models a replica of a dress that a Mi'kmaw woman would have worn during the 1700s. (Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith/CBC) "I feel honoured," Poulette said as she modelled the dress, which is blue and ...