Hi Leaky, for many years I thought I was just being too sensitive about it but it did strike a chord so your comment confirmed a child would take words like that to heart and do something about it. That motivated me to use summer vacations in high school studying fashion. Even though I later learned I wasn't really keen on pursuing that as a career, I used whatever knowledge learned from that on job tasks many years later.
The seasonal color concept can be confusing but it's a helpful guide for both men and women.
Its awesome that you used the experience in a motivating way. I think that fashion relates to architecture and interior design in many ways though so I could totally see it being useful knowledge even if you were not overly interested in it.