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The Power of Color
Bright red, vibrant yellow, deep purple -- colors with the ability to arrest and enhance appeared regularly on the Fashion Fair runway. Brilliant color palettes drew attention to the models' rich and varied hues and helped show black women that color was for them. This was especially bold in the show's first years, since dark skin was rarely celebrated. Mrs. Johnson's use of color proved that black was beautiful before the cultural revolution of the late 1960s made the statement commonplace. |