Here's a game to play the next time you're sitting in a coffee shop waiting for your coffee date. Count how many people are wearing at least one piece of black clothing in a 10 minute period compared to those who don't.
In New York you can revise this game to see how fast it takes you to get to 100 people. It will be a very short game.
However, in Minneapolis I was really surprised at the results. Only two people who walked into the coffee shop during the 6 minutes I played were not wearing black. That would be the guy in the cream colored pants and cream plaid jacket and the woman wearing the denim short and jacket ensemble.
Everyone else male, female and ,including myself --in my black linen flax shirt-- were dressed in black.
This is au contraire to what the experts at professional crafters.com said we'd be wearing. The predictions:
Fashion Colors
"Turquoise. One of the must-have colors for spring 2005.
Turquoise/aqua blues, vibrant green, pinks, yellows with a hint of green, red-orange, dark blue, khaki, cantaloupe/coral, lavender, and slate gray."
In the six minutes I played, I saw black pants, black shirts, skirts, purses, shoes, sandals,workout shorts, workout tops, and black boots.
The lady with the black boots definitely got my attention-- it was 90 degrees and she came in sporting black boots, a coral knit sweater, long black shirt and shell. She carried a white purse. She must work in an office building that keeps it very cold. Or she's very odd.
At 6 minutes into the game when my coffee date was about 12 minutes late, I decided to check my voice-mail --she had left a message on Sunday saying she'd have to reschedule. Game over. The black won as usual.
The question is will black ever lose? Every year fashion pundits name a color that is this season's new black. This year is no different.
"In the fall 2005 collections, shades of brown are hot. "Brown truly is the season's new black," says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, a company that analyzes and predicts color trends. "Deep teal blue is running a close second," she says"
A friend who used to work in a department store shoe department talked about a sales meeting where the district manager was introducing the season's new shoes.Pointing to a red pump she said, " Tell customers that this season red is the newest neutral."
My friend was skeptical. Red is obviously not neutral. Yet, as a customer gingerly picked up the pump my friend chirped, " Red is this season's newest neutral." The woman eager to believe, thanked her and bought the pump.
You can color me blue, red, purple or brown but I'll continue to put my money on the blacks.
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