Before I say anything, let me make full disclosure. I love purple. We found each other in my early teens, and have been often together since. Over the years, I have possessed a ring with a gigantic, fake (but oh, so superbly shiny) purple gemstone, a smoky purple velvet shirt, silvery-mauve Mary Janes, several purple satin and lace garments not visible in public, three shades of purple hair, every shade of purple nail paint and, of course, several purple lipsticks.

Aishwarya Rai flaunted a purple lipcolour at the Cannes last week