Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, September 12, 1993 TAG: 9312300011
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 19 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: KATHLEEN WILSON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
But don't be afraid.
It's just basic brown.
OK, so your favorite Crayola wasn't exactly burnt umber or raw sienna. But this season your favorite clothes just might be.
It's not exactly the first thing that springs to mind when asked ``what's your favorite color?'' Truth be told, Kermit the frog didn't have it all that tough, 'cause it ain't easy being brown, either.
But designers have warmed to brown this season. And while a color largely considered to be a very neutral tone can be called anything but revolutionary, when it practically elbows little black dresses out of the eveningwear arena, people sit up and take notice.
``She wore brown velvet,'' they'll croon this fall.
Brown crushed velvet, no less, but forget those tacky crushed velvet jackets of the '70s. Crushed velvet this year tosses together masculine and feminine influences, resulting in a revisionist take on 19th-century menswear with a slightly bohemian play of texture and proportion.
Think you might have problems finding shoes just the right shade of brown? Wrong. Most places you buy shoes will have the largest selection of brown shoes you've ever seen.
(Enough brown shoes to make you wish you had more than two feet.)
It's unadorned and often just plain sparse. But these uncontrived designs in warm, rich hues of copper and chestnut serve as the perfect frame for the essence of real style: you.
by CNB