"[T]he idea of calling the society the Purple Cows emanated from Mr. Straight. Monsieur Casenave sent to Paris for purple Charvet dressing gowns with orange collars and cuffs that the male members wore over their suits at meetings ..."

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Brooke Astor, Patchwork Child (1962), p. 61

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