SHOCK TACTIC

Fashion

By now you're probably aware that shocking pink is the must-have colour for spring. Rich and confident types will go for the full blast of head-to-toe fuschia, but you don't have to join them: for less than pounds 15, a bright lipstick or nail varnish will do the trick. Spend a little more - on sequinned sandals, a skirt or a lace-edged vest - and an otherwise sober wardrobe will get an instant injection of spring fever. In other words: think pink

Main picture and above: lipstick, Lips in Schiap, pounds 15.50, by Nars, from Liberty, Regent Street, W1, and Space NK Apothecary, 4 Neal's Yard, WC2 (enq: 0171 299 4999); cap-sleeved fuschia silk top (just seen), pounds 215, by Matthew Williamson, from Browns, 23-27 South Molton Street, W1 (enq: 0171 491 7833), and A La Mode, 36 Hans Crescent, SW1 (enq: 0171 584 7644)