Purple Reign

What do all these items above have in common? Well, if you're colorblind, or if you're simply not up to thinking about it, they're all various shades of purple. Pantone does a color forecast every year based on New York fashion shows, and this one of the colors is, cue the drum roll, fuschia red! Notice, how those colors are all shades of purple. Plum is such an obvious color for fall, too.

Other colors listed in Pantone's color forecast include lavender, salmon rose, super lemon, rose dust, slate grey, vibrant green, dark citron and lucite green. Notice how these are mostly bright colors. When it comes to bright, many are afflicted with the horrid 80's and end up looking like they walked out of a time machine.

If you want to stay trendy for this fall, but not look like a neon flashback, I recommend-

• Wear bright and neutral together. Don't look like a walking neon sign. Layer a bright with neutral shirt. A bright purple tank top under a white shirt, or a bright t-shirt under a dark hoodie works well.
• Wear bright accessories. My friend's brother owns these sick shoes that are black with neon splotches of paint. He chose to wear a black shirt with it, and looked rather nice instead of some freakish 80's teenager. Bright accessories add fun to your clothes. But remember. Less is more.
• Eye liner is your friend. If you're a little scared of bright clothing, do what I've been doing for years. Bright eye liner. It can be applied thick or thin, and if you choose the right shade, your eye color will pop. Urban Decay has great pencils, and L'Oreal HIP has these awesome gel pots. I use a purple liner for my brown eyes, and for special times, I use a teal one. Be smart and use lip balm. Not lipstick, not lip gloss. LIP BALM.