Lemon-aid

Here in sunny Queensland, we don't really have a change of seasons - it's either summer (my enduring favourite) or it's "winter", which to northern hemisphere folk is similar to their summer (except those in the Middle East - they've got summer sorted out there in the desert).

Perhaps it's my orb-obsession (i.e. the sun - catch up!), but yellow is one of my favourite colours, and nothing pleased me more recently than to see yellow dresses on the red carpet at the Emmy's recently held in the US, and to see several yellow dresses appear in the Sydney Morning Herald's shortlist of iconic red-carpet dresses.

Mellow yellow? I don't think so!

Becki Newton, Mariska Hagarty and Teri Hatcher at the Emmys

- Don't forget your tan in a can

Reese Witherspoon and her iconic yellow dress (don't forget it was an iconic moment also - Reese had just announced her impending divorce from whats-his-name and she was expected to show up either radiant or in rags looking miserable - lucky she chose radiant ... if not a little smug):

She also had great red shoes with this dress, but alas - not in the shot!

Renee Zellweger also made it onto the list in this little sorbet number, however frankly I think she needs a sandwich and someone to fix up that hem for her:

None of the Emmys girls wore red lipstick with their dresses, however I do love red lipstick with a yellow dress. I suppose a red carpet suffices, though... A tan really is the essential accessory to a yellow dress (compare Renee with Reese). Who better to show off a glorious tan, healthy body and fabulous yellow dress than Australia's own glamour-puss, Miranda Kerr? Here she is rocking yellow and white at the Caulfield Cup this Saturday just gone. She looks just like a glass of lemonade on a hot day - fresh, sparkling and effervescent.

The shoes are a tad Minnie Mouse, but somehow, it works.