Pretty in Pink

It’s girly. It’s feminine. It’s pink, and it’s on the rage this summer. Whether it is a bright accessory, a pastel pashmena, or an accented top, pink is popping up all over London streets. A softer shade than its sister red, pink is the perfect colour to warm up to this season.

The colour pink has captivated women since demure white first met sensual red. Identifiably a female staple, girls have claimed the shad as a sign of all things, well, girly. The colour of bubble gum and cotton candy, pink is sugar and spice and everything nice.

Pink is a colour sweet enough to suggest the most gentile aspects of the female persuasion, yet strong enough to represent an entire gender. Although some fear the colour of weakened red is associated with being a so-called weaker sex, most accept the colour as a sign of feminine pride. Sweet, flirty, and fun, pink represents females from birth. While the boys have boring blue, girls have fuchsia, blush, and rose.

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Bronwyn Lowenthal, accesorrie designer is using pink in her latest spring/Summer 2004 collection

However, it is not fair to let the girls have all the fun. With the influx of metro-sexuality, more manly men are baring their feminine side with a dash of pink. Could this lead to men embracing a more sensitive nature or rejecting traditional gender roles? Or have the boys simply realised the power of pink?

Ashton Kutcher is one of the many bold-faced names sporting shades of pink.

Pink has made its way into popular culture in manner no other colour could. Would Molly Ringwald be any less pretty were she not in pink? Could Julia Roberts have claimed any other to be her signature colour?

The world will never know.

Unsure you are ready to embrace the power yourself?

Try incorporating pink items into your wardrobe one accessory at a time. After all, this season pink goes with everything from basic black to fiery red.

Already a classic, pink is both casual and elegant and is appropriate for any occasion. In other words, it is never wrong to think pink.

Dasia Abel