Celebrity Birthdays: Hot in Yellow

Yesterday I decided to do a post about YELLOW! I have been craving colour for the past 18 months and noticed an injection of yellow in the fashion mags & red carpet pics lately. Funnily enough, I haven't worn yellow since I was 12. I wore a yellow Esprit short-sleeved shirt to a birthday party with cobalt blue plastic beads , & my friends started singing "dear little maid in yellow" to me, some song in a play we were doing at school. That was the finish of me and yellow. I felt like a corn cob. Shortly after that I embarked on my 20 year love affair with black, with nary a colour to be seen on my person (apart from vermillion talons, and the odd pair of purple fishnets). Upon moving from chilly London to sunny Sydney in 2000, I rejoiced in the beachy, sexy saturated colour-popping fashion that Sydneysiders do so well. As a good friend says "Sydney is more LA than LA!" It's fun, bright, a bit trashy & a bit flashy. The home of the annual Gay & Lesbian Mardis Gras has to be, really.

Fashion Editor for Australian Harper's Bazaar Christine Centenera in Aussie designer Josh Goot dress

Heidi Harrington-Johnson in yellow jeans for Ksubi Kolours

Check out my darling friend Ally Grrrl's brand spankers new blog for more SYDNEY COOL! Some fab splashes of yellow here in Sydney's Inner West. One yellow dress that always catches my eye is Michelle Williams' stunning Vera Wang at the Oscars in 2006 was pretty fabulous.

Now back in NZ, I MISS COLOUR! Very few designers here do it right. Often it is more frilly layery frou frou than the tailored colour blocking that I love. So imagine my delight this morning upon waking up to find this little gem (above, Canvas Magazine) in the Sunday paper! Lo and behold - a yellow Tibi dress takes prime position. On telling my friend in London across Viber this morning about this post, she warned me "Ooh, but not everyone can wear yellow can they?"Good point. The general rules are if you are pale skinned, go for darker ochre yellows & mustards. Olive-skinned brunettes suit canary and buttercup brights.I'm still not sure if I'm brave enough to wear yellow, but I am inspired by some of these 2011 Spring & Summer editorial looks!