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<mdd -“Health, prust is not a halachic term. For chukos ha’goyim issur, it has to be pritsusdic. Red clothing causes reactions in men. To me something that is Prust is Pritzusdick! Even long hair and weird haircuts is Ossur from the S’A -this is even worse”>
Health, you appear to be paskening from your own Shulchan Aruch. The issur of chukas hagoyim is only tangentially related to pritzus. For instance, many hold that the custom of upsheren is based on Christian “breaching” ceremonies and is therefore assur als chukas hagoyim. Chukas hagoyim refers to all specific customs of the goyim not just pritzus.
The fact that you don’t like a particular style is just that, you don’t like it. Your likes and dislikes don’t constitute normative halacha.
P.S. The color read is frowned upon, not because it has any effect on men (maybe bulls) but because it is associated with ga’avah.