How to Wear Pink Compression Garments

Pink is a recent color trend in women's fashion. It's versatile enough to wear year round. Several manufacturers of compression garments are now including them in their product lines. As a result, people who wear compressive medical coverings can now integrate this color into their wardrobes. For women who would like to wear pink but aren't quite sure how to pull it off without creating a fashion disaster, there are several options.
Garment Options
Compression garments are used to help people with circulation problems. They are effective in minimizing or preventing health issues such as deep vein thrombosis in the legs and lymphedema in the hands, arms, legs and feet. Wearing graduated compression garments prevents pooling in the extremities and improves circulation. Compression socks, anklets, leggings, knee highs, lymphedema gauntlets and pantyhose are now available in pink in addition to standard colors such as black, beige, gray and white. Juzo offers soft colors in knee-high support socks, thigh-high compression stockings and pantyhose, as well as lymphedema armsleeves and gauntlets. LympheDiva also offers compression sleeves and gloves that extend to the shoulder or just beyond the wrist, covering the hand and leaving the fingertips exposed. Orthaheel slipper shoes, Sigvaris calf sleeves and BiaCare lymphedema chip sleeves and oversleeves are also offered in pink.
Style Choices
Shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, shorts, ties, shoes and jewelry are widely available in a variety of tones, from carnation to rose to magenta and everything in between. Wearing pink compression pantyhose and armsleeves with dresses, skirts and short-sleeve or long-sleeve shirts blends in fashionable and no longer looks like a medical necessity. Socks with pants and coordinated shoes is also a fashion trend.
Color Coordination
The spectrum of pinks doesn't go with everything, however. Color contrasts and coordinates should blend rather than clash. Pair compression garments in an assortment of pinks with metallics, blue denim and other pink hues. Wear white and light colors with lighter shades; dark purples, browns and blacks with bold or dark pinks. Soft and medium shades are also successful when paired with beiges, grays and colorful prints. Avoid pairings with solid reds, medium to bold oranges, and bold or fluorescent greens.
Breast Cancer Awareness
The signature color for breast cancer awareness is pink. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, although many patrons wear pink ribbons, shirts and wristbands year round as an act of solidarity with breast cancer patients and survivors.