It will come as no surprise to those wot kno me, that I am not a fan of soft, baby pink. I would do anything for my darling godchild BabyBF , but I will NEVER give her anything baby pink. No matter how hard she begs. (She won't, she'll be too sensible.)
I hate soft pink. Hate it hate it hate it.
But HOT pink, now that's another matter. You can call it fuchsia if you like. I've been doing some work for a charity called Breakthrough Breast Cancer recently and their signature colour is hot pink – maybe that's why it's in my mind. BBC pride themselves on being bold and feisty and the colour really suits them.
Hot pink goes beautifully with a tan, but it also goes quite nicely with the palest skin it's possible to imagine. It works well as shirt, or socks. If you're a Hoxton Hipster you could have trousers that colour, if you liked.
But it reaches its peak of wonderful out in the wide open spaces of the world. Herself's lovely grandmother Elsie left a cutting of a fuchsia that is the most glorious colour I've ever seen. Dahlias of course are resplendent in hot pink, as are those funny spiky ones what look like starbursts.
Can we teach the little girls of the world to love hot pink, rather than soft pink? Look out for a campaign - coming soon...
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as the mother of baby BF i can confirm that ' the man' is the instigator and the perpetuator of the baby pink as it is a) omnipresent and b) cheaper than any nice bright primary sensible option.
ReplyDeletei concur that a magenta, fuchsia (could not spell that until you did), begonia-crazy bright - blousy and brash, seventies style is the way to go.
i avoid all baby pink and lemon yellow. it does no one (skin tone regardless, except natural ash blondes - about 5 in the world) any favours.
as ever, thou speakest the truth.
even barbie, princess of non-blue, does not do baby pink. hot pink all the way ladies.