Sunday, March 2, 2008

They call it mello yello


I've never been a big fan of the color yellow, but based on the logs I'm seeing for spring, I better reconsider. Yellow is everywhere - from Pottery Barn to Hammacher Schlemmer. I find yellow rather irritatingly bright and shiny and false. Like, I think people who really love yellow are probably the people who are really dark inside. Why else would you want to steal the sun and wear it on your chest in the form of a sweater set?

Plus, there are so many negative connotations of yellow - heck, in the Middle Ages, yellow was the color of evil! (Sorry, Old Yeller.) It's also the color of sickness as in you're looking a bit "yellow around the gills."

I guess yellow is also a wartime color thanks to Tony Orlando & Dawn and their old oak tree. Maybe that explains its current popularity the best.(And if you don't know who TO&D are, consider yourself lucky!)

Either way, the Yellow Submarine has already left the station and landed in your mailbox. So unless you're a fashion coward, it's time to get on board.

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