We’re a few weeks into the new year, but Pantone’s color of the year feels like old news.
And it is! In our current infinite-content state, everything moves from one headline and trend to the next quicker than your thumbs can scroll through your TikTok feed, so it makes sense that no one is talking about Peach Fuzz anymore.
Perhaps I’m the lone holdout because I can’t stop thinking about the peachy-toned hue. From its name to its more profound meaning to the tinfoil hate conspiracy theories surrounding the yearly color selected only for monetary gain, there’s more to shade than it seems. We’re coming off a year where every trending color had a food-based name. “Blueberry Milk Nails,” a pastel blue hue, went viral thanks to Sofia Richie. Every girl in the universe was chasing a skincare routine that left their face looking like a glazed donut. We even cycled through “Tomato Girl Summer,” essentially dressing in Italian countryside-Sophia Loren cosplay.
