As for the pastel hues, I think it's in Philip Matyszak's book on the Roman legionary, where he says something along the lines that the red soldiers' tunics being dyed in plant dye would wash out of course and leave the legion marching around in all shades of pink.
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Date: 2014-07-22 06:56 pm (UTC)Yes, it is fashionable retro by now.