November 14, 2011 | permalink
Think pink.
An iconic scene from 1957 film Funny Face, in which dictatorial fashion magazine editor Maggie Prescott wages an international campaign to make the color pink all the rage:
Yet the best moment occurs when the scene is over. The campaign has succeeded wildly, but one of Prescott’s colleagues notices that the editor is still sporting a blue-gray skirt suit. “I haven’t seen a woman in two weeks in anything but pink,” he tells her. “What about you?” Looking appalled, Maggie replies: “Me? I wouldn’t be caught dead.”
