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*In the 80’s, “___ is the new Black” started to be used a lot.
*In the 80’s, “___ is the new Black” started to be used a lot.
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_______ is the new black

  • The idiom “[some color] is the new Black” means that this color is trend, that it will be really “in” for the next season in fashion industry. Black is atemporal in fashion and is always “in” in some ways. Saying another color being able to replace the black is saying it’s gonna be trend.
  • It came from the catch phrase “Pink is the new Black”, a quote from the movie “Funny Face” (1957) in which a fashion magazine editor swept away the boring black fashion she saw every day and launch a pink fashion movement.
  • In the 80’s, “___ is the new Black” started to be used a lot.