No one had to be told officially that pink was the color of the evening.

You just know  when you’re going to a Legally Blonde cast party that pink, Elle Woods’ signature color, is the color to wear. The party, following opening night for Legally Blonde at the Music Hall at Fair Park, was held for cast, patrons and special guests at Thompson & Knight LLP offices at One Arts Plaza.

So there was the predictable assortment of pink ties, pink blouses and pink scarves, but no one could have prepared for what Paul Corley, Jr. strolled in wearing.

Pink suit, pink tie and hot pink patent-leather shoes. He was either supporting Legally Blonde or Pepto-Bismol, and he certainly was the hit of the party.

The star of the musical hit, petite Becky Gulsvig, arrived, however, wearing a skinny teal tank top, a simple skirt and flip-flops. You’d wear flats, too, if you’d just spent three hours on stage belting it out in heels.

Pink flowers accented the pink-swathed tables where cool “pink thing” cocktails were shaken, not stirred, and a tasty Asian buffet featured pink take-out boxes filled with Chinese food. Jim Lee’s Starlight Room gets the credit for the food.

Dallas Summer Musicals (www.dallassummermusicals.org) claims responsibility as a producer of Legally Blonde the Musical, so the show’s success was greeted with broad smiles from the likes of Michael A. Jenkins, DSM’s president and managing director.

You might say he seemed tickled pink.

Wait, ladies, before you walk out the door today!

One last accessory…that is if you are a member of one of the 26 National Panhellenic Conference sororities. Today, March 2, is International Badge Day. That means wear your sorority pin. In public.

Don’t worry about looking like a total dork. Last year on badge day, I wore mine to work just to see what kind of reaction I got. Now I do have mine attached to a chain and wear it as a pendant, but no one even asked what it was.

And in case you want to celebrate in a huge way, check out www.npcwomen.org. The Web site has a list of things to do today such as take sorority friends to lunch or join a Facebook group.

You can channel your inner Elle Woods.