Word: fuchsia
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...things do it better than the vibrant Latin palette: jewel colors of ruby, emerald, luscious purples, used with black or mixed together. Ofelia Montejano, 30, an up-and-comer in the Los Angeles fashion world, weaves her favorite colors -- fuchsia, chartreuse and orange -- into her fabrics with yards of colored ribbon sewn onto black taffeta. "Using bright colors this way draws on my heritage," she says. "When I was a girl in Michoacan, Mexico, I admired the way even the poorest people made use of color. They take raw color and use it in a very honest...
...Fords and Buicks off the lot. But when the new president of the local dealership issued a strict dress code requiring all used-car salesmen to wear sport coats, Grant decided to make his own fashion statement. He went out and bought two eye-torturing sport coats -- a screaming fuchsia and a rainbow plaid -- to go with his gray and green slacks. Already annoyed by Grant's frequent catnaps and snacking on the job, Dealer Conrad Darby fired one of his best salesmen. Catnaps notwithstanding, Grant did not take this lying down. Claiming that Darby had forced...
...speaking in his hurried, lightly accented English. "Take all the accessories away, and they are classical. But can I say modern classic? You can wear them a season past, mix them up with other pieces." Indeed, a bit of Ozbek swank like a long black, clingy dress with a fuchsia moire top that relocates the neckline several miles south would look great at a dance club or -- with slight modifications for modesty and drafts -- at a formal dinner in a stately home...
...same attention is lavished on the show's fashions. On a typical episode, Crockett and Tubbs wear from five to eight different outfits--always in shades of pink, blue, green, peach, fuchsia and the show's other "approved" colors --from such chic designers as Vittorio Ricci, Gianni Versace and Hugo Boss. "The concept of the show is to be on top of all the latest fashion trends in Europe," says Costume Designer Bambi Breakstone, who has just left for a trip to Milan, Paris and London to pick outfits for the coming season...
...Madonna, who has been world famous for almost two months. Just now she is the hottest draw in show biz. Michael Jackson? History. Prince? The Peloponnesian Wars. Cyndi Lauper? Last week's flash, and besides, if you wanna be like Cyndi, you have to dye your hair orange and fuchsia, and your parents freak. No, Madonna is the full moon you see at this bend in the river, and never mind what is around the corner...