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mary kay, sweet'n low, clint eastwood... where am i headed with this?
j has brought up an important issue that we should be aware of: Pink is the new Black.
what? how can this be? my coworker is also stumped. he says "so what, you dress in all pink now instead of all black? everyone's going to be walking around looking like bottles of pepto-bismol." he's got a good point there. wear all pink? isn't that a gross display of excess? one which will induce heartburn and diarrhea, perhaps hallucinations.
70% of the items in my wardrobe are black. 20% of the remainder do not see daylight but are there to make my closet a more cheerful and diverse place.
As i sit and contemplate the meaning of this fashion news flash a living example passes by my table.
the burly hipster is actually wearing faded pink jeans and a rim cap with pink script. booyah.
it is true.
but not so fast!
you can't just substitute pink for black, you'll look like an idiot. imagine this senario: it's friday night, 10ish, you call sir duncs to see if he wants to meet you at the red room for a stiff drink.
duncan shows up five minutes later wearing his dolce & gabbana paisleys, robins egg blue messenger bag and open to the waist pink shirt. whoa, he looks great! bad example.
but don't be too hasty to commandeer this fashion blip. an onslaught of pink will still be confused with a womens' march, and will be just as funny looking as a crowd of oversized pepto-bismols.
ahhh.
in conclusion, unless you want to look hilarious, do not wear pink in place of black.
wear it with black.

posted by erock @ 4:43 PM