Yellow Fever

Yellow is a pretty hard colour to wear for anyone with oriental looks. Our bum luck that Pantone's pick for THE colour of 2009 is Mimosa - a sunshiny marigold yellow!

For a quick buy, Gap and Pantone have set up a concept store in NYC which sells, amongst other Pantone-exact colours, a Mimosa basic t-shirt :)

For some inspiration, Giovanna Battaglia, fashion editor at L'Uomo Vogue, was spotted by The Sartorialist in Paris with yellow slacks. I'm quite taken with her pairing of a nuetral grey top to tone down the yellow:

Whilst I scout for some yellow to properly kick-off the year with, this was my first attempt at wearing yellow after a long hiatus:

Top: Vintage from Granny's Day Out, Skirt: Playhound, Shoes: Georgina Goodman, Necklace: Vice&Vanity

Am off to dig out my marigold H&M dress from the back of my closet. In the meanwhile, let's all drool a bit over alldressedup's yellow smocked blouse (yay for quality local design!).