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What is Candyland quality?
What could "Candyland" epithet mean in such phrase:
There is a Candyland quality to the socks that he makes.
Context: it's about a designer who makes socks of different colours (like red, yellow etc.)
Nov 5, 2014 5:48 AM
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"Candyland" is a very popular board game in the United States. It is close to a cultural universal be cause it is often the first board game that children are able to play. It is a game of pure chance, and no reading or writing is required, only the ability to count and understand very simple rules. It involves progress along a path of brightly colored squares, past brightly colored pictures of fanciful candy buildings and landscapes.
The socks must be in bright primary colors, the kind that young children like--no doubt with some sophisticated and subtle difference that makes them worth designer prices.
Following Ben's suggestion, I don't really like the assortment of images Google is finding me, so let me suggest this one:
http://www.rarityguide.com/museum/images/card_and_board_games/candy_land__1955_/candy_land_mb_game_board_closeup3.JPG
November 5, 2014
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You would be looking at bubble-gum, sweet (candy) and birthday cake colours such as icing pink, yellow and green, etc.
Candyland is a board game. Look it up for the colours under Google images.
What Americans call candies the British call sweets.
November 5, 2014
Generally, the term "candyland" would be a reference to a utopian world, a kind of dream-like, idealistic world.
I cannot be sure of its use regarding fashion and socks.
November 5, 2014
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