Sabrina Carpenter has found her signature hue—and she’s not letting go anytime soon. The “Manchild” singer turned the streets of New York into her own pastel runway this week, stepping out in a butter-yellow ensemble that was equal parts cozy, nostalgic, and irresistibly chic.
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Spotted leaving a Saturday Night Live dinner at Lattanzi, Carpenter leaned into the trending shade with an asymmetrical knit that toed the line between sweater and minidress. The piece—complete with a dramatic fold-over neckline that slipped off one shoulder and a sharply angled hem—felt playfully undone, like something straight from an ’80s starlet’s off-duty wardrobe.
She kept the look leggy (and delightfully pants-free), embracing the sweater-as-dress movement that’s dominated this season’s street style circuit. To finish, Carpenter reached for matching butter-yellow calf socks and metallic Manolo Blahnik Sedaraby pumps, each jeweled toe catching the city lights as she walked.
Her accessories only deepened the tonal fantasy: a vintage Chanel double-flap shoulder bag in a vivid highlighter yellow—a collector’s dream—and soft, flipped-out waves that framed her face in golden curls.
Butter yellow first surged back in spring, but if Carpenter has anything to say about it, the shade isn’t fading with the leaves. Between her Austin City Limits look and this radiant New York moment, she’s making a strong case for keeping sunny hues alive well into fall. Consider this her latest love letter to the color that loves her right back.
