I thought I'd already linked to this, but apparently not... For my reference, then (so that I don't have to keep searching for it), F. de l'opera's theory that Christine's 'red scarf' was actually a peasant headscarf:
http://operafantomet.tumblr.com/post/96354400557/fdelopera-operafantomet-fdelopera
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