Word: colorations
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...Alerts Color Coordinator...
...onto blouses, dresses and shoes. Popular downmarket retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) and other mainstream mall outlets have also appropriated the ribbon theme for everything from belts to tank tops. Whether tying them in bows or leaving them to dangle like streamers, designers use these broad bands in every color--including, of course, basic black. "Details like ribbons make women feel playful and young," says Amy Tan, a fashion stylist and clothing designer whose line, Amy Tangerine, which can be found at boutiques such as Fred Segal in Los Angeles, features T shirts woven with satin ribbons. "Looking and feeling...
...PAINT Sales of her 416-color line have grown six out of seven months since debuting at Sherwin-Williams stores. A good thing...
...Today, we take our colors for granted. Why else would so many people dress in black? The delight of Finlay's prose is that it reawakens the dazzle of colors. It's timely, too; in this digital age, colors are in danger of disengaging from their symbolism. Toward the end of her journeys, Finlay visits the "Color King," Lawrence Herbert, whose New Jersey company, Pantone, has catalogued more than 15,000 shades of basic colors. But, as it turns out, Herbert is replacing his exquisite descriptions?"wood violet" and "sulphur spring" are two?with drab numbers. "Computers don't need...
...Color King's point. I've always liked "oxblood red," which I imagine as a deep, earthy red. Honestly, however, I'd be hard pressed to differentiate the color of an ox's blood from a dog's or a pigeon's (often used to describe the reddest of Burmese rubies). But then, Finlay's vivid writing colors my judgment. By bringing out the darker side to colors, she makes them all the brighter...