I think you are missing the point of the advice. It isn't to get rid of all detail it is to learn economy of language and figure out what details you need or can have and not bog down a story.
Which I think is quite crucial in this genre which is essentially "action scene with erotic elements" Through years of cyber I have seen people who are boring because they have no detail and people who are boring because they have too much detail or focusing on the wrong areas to detail.
A lot of people seem to put way too much detail into their writing so the idea is to get down to what you need with details and then you have room to add personal preferences. One of my favorite writers sure does like bringing up clothing choices for characters in his writing. It is a detail he likes and it isn't one of a million other random thing so sure. Maybe he really is into fashion.
So to use your metaphor certainly color it in, but also don't color it like a five year old using every crayon in the box just because they can and no sense of what they are coloring.
Just had to add this on the Lonsdale advice.
It is true, I think, when you are writing exposition you really do need to cut out unnecessary clutter. Think "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
HOWEVER
When writing a fight. You want to add details. If you cut out unnecessary details you end up with a list:
A punches B
B punches A
B pulls A's hair.
I tend to start out with the list (the Choreography as I think of it) and then you add details which make it mote vivid (I call this bit Colouring it in). I think Joe’s advice is excellent apart from this particular genre.
