The colour of sex: how to wear it

How does a colour, that I associate with John Major and all things dull, suddenly become the colour of sex?

Thu Aug 28 2014 - 12:00

Fashion designer Giorgio Armani playing w his dogs at home. Photograph: Getty Images

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