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19 Pieces of Empirical Evidence That *Yellow* Yellow Is a Thing Now

Y'all ready for this ("this" being maybe looking jaundiced)?

By Chelsea Peng
Clothing, Flooring, Yellow, Dress, Shoulder, Joint, Formal wear, Style, Orange, Carpet,
Getty, design by Katja Cho

It's probably nobody's *first* choice for Color of the Moment, but that's what fashion (then celebrities, then us) do. And why not? Use these 19 examples as a guide to finding a shade of yellow that doesn't make you look unwell.

<p>::heavy breathing::</p>
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Kirsten Dunst

::heavy breathing::

<p>Okay, sold. </p>
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Beyoncé

Okay, sold.

Would you call this Jenny Packham marigold? Or canary?
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America Ferrera

Would you call this Jenny Packham marigold? Or canary?

<p>FYI, Giambattista Valli showed this same dress on redhead Magdalena Jasek, and it looked great on her too, so...</p>
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Jennifer Lopez

FYI, Giambattista Valli showed this same dress on redhead Magdalena Jasek, and it looked great on her too, so...

<p>Have never wanted to own mustard clothing more. </p>
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Lola Kirke

Have never wanted to own mustard clothing more.

<p>🍋🍋🍋<span class="redactor-invisible-space"></span></p>
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Valentino Haute Couture

🍋🍋🍋

<p>Wouldn't even be mad about the highlighter associations. </p>
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Sies Marjan

Wouldn't even be mad about the highlighter associations.

<p>ALL OF IT, <a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/news/g3525/fall-2016-styling-trick/">down to the tights</a>.</p>
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Gucci

ALL OF IT, down to the tights.

<p>The reviews were mixed, but yellow, in any case, is what you wear when you want to be remembered. </p>
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Alicia Vikander

The reviews were mixed, but yellow, in any case, is what you wear when you want to be remembered.

<p>How great is this more muted shade with her coloring? </p>
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Marisa Tomei

How great is this more muted shade with her coloring?

<p>Tip: The less fabric, the less yellow, so an abbreviated hemline = baby steps. </p>
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Chanel Cruise

Tip: The less fabric, the less yellow, so an abbreviated hemline = baby steps.

<p>DOUBLE SOLD. </p>
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Solange Knowles

DOUBLE SOLD.

<p>Another idea: Some sheerness downplays the "I'M WEARING YELLOW" factor, if you're a beginner. </p>
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Fearne Cotton

Another idea: Some sheerness downplays the "I'M WEARING YELLOW" factor, if you're a beginner.

<p>Like this Prabal Gurung too. </p>
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Diane Kruger

Like this Prabal Gurung too.

<p>The *new* New Look. </p>
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Kirsten Dunst

The *new* New Look.

<p>What was that about redheads not being to wear [insert color]? Didn't think so.</p>
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Jessica Chastain

What was that about redheads not being to wear [insert color]? Didn't think so.

<p>I repeat: what you wear when you want to be remembered. </p>
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Anna Kendrick

I repeat: what you wear when you want to be remembered.

<p>Yellow *velvet* oooooh.</p>
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Blake Lively

Yellow *velvet* oooooh.

<p>And this one's <a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/news/g3724/amal-clooney-cannes-dress-history/">got its own analysis</a>. </p>
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Amal Clooney

And this one's got its own analysis.

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