I’m a fashion editor and this is why I’m so over pink right now

I’m about to say something controversial, but before I do please know that this isn’t a personal attack. If you’re obsessed with all things fuchsia, I’m happy for you. If you’re counting down the seconds until the Barbie movie’s launch on the 21st, great. If you’re wearing head-to-toe pink in my presence I won’t condemn you. I might roll my eyes, but I promise I’ll try really hard not to. And I’m certainly team Margot-Robbie-can-do-no-wrong. In fact I’m captain of that team…

That said, I think I’ve seen enough pink over the last few months to last me a lifetime.

For someone with the surname ‘Teather’ I’m ironically rarely at the end of mine, but it seems that I may have found my tipping point. And it looks like that point is pink.

It’s everywhere, and – for once – I’m not exaggerating. It’s been dominating shop windows. It’s been all over my FYP. It’s been on the front page of magazines. It’s been in the office. It’s been on public transport. It’s been the centre of just about every press release I’ve been sent over the last month. And I, for one, have had it.

I’ve never resigned myself to the influencer-led obsession with tonal neutrals when it comes to matters of the wardrobe, but so ubiquitous has this candy pink hue been of late that I think I’m ready to quit colour altogether.

Okay maybe not all colour, but one more migraine-inducing Barbie premiere might push me to that.

Han Myung-Gu

Han Myung-Gu

Medios y Media

Jon Kopaloff

Let me rewind a bit, and provide you with some context to justify a feeling that might right now feel entirely irrational.

Back in March 2022, with just two days to go until a month-long season of autumn/winter 2022 runway shows would come to a close, Pierpaolo Piccioli didn’t just win Paris Fashion Week; he won fashion month.

Showcasing an entirely monochromatic electric pink collection and staged in an equally vibrant pink venue, a fuchsia-clad Zendaya led a slew of on-brand a-list attendees – all hooked on fashion’s new favourite hue – towards their pink seats to witness Valentino’s vibrant vision unfold. What followed was nothing short of a phenomenon.