The Fashion Future's So Neon Bright, You Gotta Wear Shades

One of the most striking ways Stephen Sprouse punked up downtown fashion in the eighties, designing for the likes of Debbie Harry, was with Day-Glo neons. Gianni Versace later used fluorescent hues to redefine the va-va-voom glamour that became associated with the supermodels and the OTT times, while Christian Lacroix, master colorist, employed neons to tell tales of romance and bravura. In Paris today, Peter Copping at Nina Ricci applied bold brights to soft silhouettes. One can only imagine it was to an admiring crowd, as **Phil Oh’**s street style photos document a neon-clad coterie of fashion followers.