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Is pink the new black? Only if you've had a lobotomy.
Every fashion season, someone proclaims [fill in the color] as the new wardrobe basic. But black remains popular because it's classy, practical, and powerful, taking historical authority as the color of the widow, femme fatale -- even satan. Hitchcock and Stepford Wives weigh in on why black has become controversial (even subversive) as the urban woman's uniform.
NOTE: This piece first aired nationally on Day to Day on July 21, 2004.
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Is pink the new black? Only if you've had a lobotomy. Every fashion season, someone proclaims [fill in the color] as the new wardrobe basic. But black remains popular because it's classy, practical, and powerful, taking historical authority as the color of the widow, femme fatale -- even satan. Hitchcock and Stepford Wives weigh in on why black has become controversial (even subversive) as the urban woman's uniform. NOTE: This piece first aired nationally on Day to Day on July 21, 2004.
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Review of The Attack on BlackFun, interesting and light. |
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Day to Day on July 21, 2004
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NOTE TO EDITORS: Fashionweek unveiling styles for spring 2005 meets in New York City Sept. 8th to 15th.
NEW INTRODUCTION TO BE READ BY YOUR ANCHOR:
After a three year economic slump, the fashion industry is back in the black. But the color black is not back. What’s in now? Bright, vibrant colors. That’s why Countess of Culture (((lifestyle reporter))) Jessica Seigel is in a dark mood (((over cheery styles unveiled in new york this week for next spring.)))
JESSICA:
It’s code red in New York. Not to mention fandango pink, leafy grean, and lavendula. (That’s a kind of purple.) Even downtown, late at night, women are wearing colors from all over the rainbow, like at this chic fashion industry party. Can it be? Basic black is no longer basic?
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“I feel fluffy and fabulous.”
JESSICA
Fashion author Karen Robinowitz has gone so far from black, she’s wearing nuclear whi...
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Posted on September 19, 2004 at 02:00 PM | Permalink
Review of The Attack on Black
This sounds like an NPR clip. Siegel's delivery is excellent, though I've listened to her reports a zillion times before (so I might just be used to her excellence). The audio quality of this clip sounds better than average, which might reflect NPR's better recording equipment, but it does make this recording stand out more than others I've listened to on PRX.
Anyway, the piece itself is nice, light, and somewhat comic-- generally what I expected from the title, and the stuff I'm used to hearing on the lighter NPR afternoon shows. I think the quote at the end could have been stronger, though ("black will always be the new black").