Fashion in Pink:" Honeysuckle," a lively and joyful color for the year 2011

The new year is looking brighter in one respect. Last week, Pantone Color Institute, the company that largely sets color standards for the fashion and home industries announced that its color  for 2011 is an intense pink named " Honeysuckle."
The reddish pink shade lights a fire to your senses and revs you up, says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. That was supposed to have a calming, escapist effect on the public's collective psyche after all of the bruising economic challenges.....
Pantone predicts that we are about to see a lot of this color, appearing on everything from designer dresses to accessories, home decorative items, appliances, linens and more. A vibrant, graphic shades of pink, Dusty Pink, Poppy Red, Raspberry, Watermelon, with a hint of red and orange zest, Honeysuckle is a feel-good hue that brings a festive sense of playfulness to this season's palette.

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle Flower

Versions of the hot pink known as "honeysuckle" recently showed up on the runways of designers such 

as Nanette Lepore, Spring Collection 2011
a reddish pink 

Coral Honeysuckle 

Badgley Mischka, Spring 2011
a coral tone

Cynthia Steffe, Spring 2011

Pink Honeysuckle

Peter Som, Spring 2011

 Orange Honeysuckle

Marc Jacobs, Spring 2011
Red Raspberry and Watermelon 

Kao Pao Shu by Naida Begeta, 2011 Collection
shades of Pink

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