What Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, and a supermodel have in common

<p>In 1932, brothers Charles and Joseph Revson began peddling an early form of nail polish. Among the colors on offer was a distinctive tint they called Cherries in the Snow. When they joined forces with a chemist, Charles Lachman,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revlon" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">cosmetics giant Revlon</a>&nbsp;was born.</p> <p>In 1940, they branched out into lipstick. In 1953, Cherries in the Snow lipstick made its debut: Just in time for a young Sylvia Plath to discover the shade.</p> <p>&ldquo;When I woke up in the dull, sunless heat the next morning, I dressed and splashed my face with cold water and put on some lipstick and opened the door slowly,&rdquo; writes Plath in her 1963 semi-autobiographical novel,&nbsp;<em>The Bell Jar</em>, which references lipstick no fewer than five times.</p> <p><a href="https://katherineluck.medium.com/what-truman-capote-sylvia-plath-and-a-supermodel-have-in-common-29025873d30b"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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