Carrie Johnson is proof that pink is the colour of the new power suit
telegraph.co.uktouched down in Kigali, Rwanda, where they will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.There are many unspoken messages in this: Carrie usually wears dresses but, in choosing a suit, she may be using this moment to assert herself.
The ensemble projects a confident image at a time when she is at the centre of rumours that she was considered for senior roles in the Foreign Office and Royal household at a time during which she and her now-husband Boris Johnson were having an affair (a spokesman for Mrs Johnson has described the claims as “totally untrue”).That it’s an affordable Zara number is also tactful given that the country is on the brink of a recession.
The colour is important too though. A grey or navy suit would be unremarkable. A punchy fuchsia pink? Not so much. Pink is a semaphore for positivity, creativity and femininity. “Pink is psychologically soothing but also uplifting because it appeals to the creative part of our brain,” colour consultant Jules Standish told my colleague Melissa Twigg last month. “Studies even show that wearing pink makes us more compassionate with ourselves and kinder to others.”Pink is a tonic in tough times like a cost of living crisis, while the suit has always been an easy and comfortable shortcut to a polished appearance.
No wonder, then, that searches for pink clothes are up 96 per cent in the past two months, according to online retailer Love The Sales.
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