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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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Yellow sundresses can be sexy and hip

I'm weirdly reading an advanced copy of American On Purpose, an autobiography by Craig Ferguson (you know him, he's the Scottish, hot-for-an-older-dude, late night host who's on after Letterman). In it, he tells all sorts of stories about life in '70s Scotland, and what it was like to live (and drink a lot) in the East Village of New York City in the '80s. So far, however, the detail that has struck me the most is when Ferguson describes meeting his future wife for the first time and how she was wearing a yellow, '50s-style dress that made her look ultra-sexy and "terminally hip." I'd never thought about yellow nor '50s-style dresses in quite that way, but today when I searched  on eBay, I could see what he meant. Paired with red lipstick and neat, pretty hair; these could make one appear flirty and kittenish in a very Heather-Graham-at-the-end-of-Swingers way (a movie which, outdated lines or no, I still consider a masterpiece).

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  • Jasmine's Avatar
    Posted by Jasmine Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:58am PDT

    I absolutely love wearing yellow. I think it looks great on tanned skin!

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  • sla12's Avatar
    Posted by sla12 Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:27pm PDT

    I am so glad the 50's style is coming back. Swingers IS an amazing movie, by the way :)

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  • Alma's Avatar
    Posted by Alma Wed Jul 1, 2009 5:57am PDT

    i really like combining yellow and black it looks adorable and very pretty A=and not to mention fashinoable:)

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  • *monkey*'s Avatar
    Posted by *monkey* Wed Jul 1, 2009 10:30am PDT

    I would absolutely wear that dress!! It's way cute :) I am loving summer time, to wear all those bright vibrant colors!

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  • bronzegoddess's Avatar
    Posted by bronzegoddess Wed Jul 1, 2009 10:40am PDT

    Are you kidding me? I have probably 10 yellow dresses. My favorite, is a CK dress that I bought for my bday this year. Not to toot my own horn, but I look darn good in yellow. I don't understand why people are so afraid of it.

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  • Kay's Avatar
    Posted by Kay Wed Jul 1, 2009 11:06am PDT

    ya B.J. those two are right go ahead and try it!

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  • Katy's Avatar
    Posted by Katy Wed Jul 1, 2009 11:15am PDT

    I think the yellow dress is really chic and cute but unfortunately my boyfriend hates the color yellow. even though it looks good on me.

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  • Fashion Blogger's Avatar
    Posted by Fashion Blogger Wed Jul 1, 2009 12:44pm PDT

    love polka and love the dress. I love yellow anyway

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  • Bizzy's Avatar
    Posted by Bizzy Wed Jul 1, 2009 1:23pm PDT

    that's hot

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  • Joy in Seattle's Avatar
    Posted by Joy in Seattle Wed Jul 1, 2009 2:46pm PDT

    I wear yellow all the time. Today, I wore an orange shirt. Color is always good as long as you've got confidence.

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