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Kermit the Frog， a popular puppet character from US kids show Sesame Street， is probably most well-known for saying， “Its not easy being green.” Well， our famous frog friend wont have to worry much longer！ It seems that the color green is coming back in style.

This new trend in seeing the color green as fashionable shouldnt come as a surprise， though. The popularity of the color has actually been growing for a while now. In 2017， Pantone named Greenery its color of the year as a symbol of new beginnings. Also， with an increased focus on the environment， designers and fashion brands are trying to make their clothes more eco-friendly and sustainable.

Green is a strong fashion trend for 2020 and it seems like it is here to stay. According to the famous Dutch trend forecaster， Li Edelkoort， green will be a major color of the decade. She believes the new “Green Wave” is linked to a hunger for nature. “The need for green is so powerful that it will turn around fashion and design without any doubt… it is impossible to ignore，” Edelkoort writes on her company website describing the new trend.

There is much more to green than it being just a color. Edelkoort continues， “But maybe the most important thing about green is its capacity to bring joy.” Maybe its easier to be green than Kermit originally thought.

美國(guó)兒童節(jié)目《芝麻街》中的明星木偶角色科米蛙最出名的或許要數(shù)這句話：“當(dāng)只綠青蛙可不是一件容易的事。”不過，我們這位著名的青蛙朋友如今無需太過擔(dān)心了！綠色似乎要再次掀起一股時(shí)尚風(fēng)潮。

但將綠色視作時(shí)尚的這股新潮流并不出人意料。綠色已經(jīng)流行了相當(dāng)一段時(shí)間。2017年，潘通將象征著新開始的草木綠定為年度流行色。與此同時(shí)，日益關(guān)注環(huán)境的設(shè)計(jì)師與時(shí)尚品牌也試圖令服飾更加環(huán)保且可持續(xù)。

綠色是一股強(qiáng)勁的時(shí)尚潮流，而這股潮流似乎還會(huì)持續(xù)下去。在荷蘭著名潮流預(yù)測(cè)專家里·愛德科特看來，綠色將會(huì)是近十年的主流色。她認(rèn)為這股全新的“綠色潮流”與人們對(duì)自然的渴望息息相關(guān)。“人們對(duì)于綠色的需要如此迫切，毫無疑問這會(huì)顛覆時(shí)尚與設(shè)計(jì)界……令人無法忽視。”愛德科特在其公司官網(wǎng)上如此形容這一新趨勢(shì)。

綠色絕不僅僅只是一種顏色而已。愛德科特繼續(xù)說道：“但綠色最重要之處或許在于它能帶來喜悅。”或許，穿綠色比科米蛙原本想的要容易。

Word Study

sustainable /s?'ste?n?bl/ adj. 可持續(xù)的

The creation of a sustainable transport system is extremely important.

capacity /k?'p?s?ti/ n. 能力

Our capacity for giving care， love， and attention is limited.