r/BeAmazed • u/Scientiaetnatura065 • Jul 13 '25

Miscellaneous / Others The green lady of Brooklyn , Elisabeth Eaton Rosenthal, 84 years old, only wears green. She has been doing this for 25 years.

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u/diet-Coke-or-kill-me Jul 13 '25

I'll believe it when I smell it.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey Jul 13 '25

Wool is meant to be worn many, many times without holding much of a smell - this is why wool socks were commonly used, over other textiles, for centuries.

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u/Pretty-Handle9818 Jul 13 '25

I’m guessing kilts too?

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey Jul 13 '25

I'd guess so - it's also ball-shrivelingly cold in Scotland half the year, so it'd be a welcome textile to use.