Ariana DeBose in Carolina Herrera

Let's start with THIS ray of sunshine, Ariana DeBose - sorry, Academy Award Winner Ariana DeBose, which I hope she had printed up on some business cards. I like this color on her, but the dress is a little messy compared to ...

Ariana DeBose in Oscar de la Renta

... this one, which I LOVE.

Karen Pittman

Needs a bracelet. But, I love Karen Pittman.

Lulu Wang

Lovely, and with the perfect red lip. (A theme herein. Michelle Williams cracked that code.)

Julianne Hough in Pamella Roland

HAVING SAID THAT... Julianne Hough maybe misinterpreted the code. This isn't gelling. The dress is fine, but the lip overpowers her, and her hair is sort of a big nothing.

Freida Pinto in Naeem Khan

Whereas this misses a redder lip. I wish we could average them out.

HER in Dundas

I wanted to love this, but I can't sign off on how cheap the jumpsuit looks.

Amanda Holden in David Koma

Welcome to the party, Amanda!

Kerry Washington in Celia Kritharioti

That bodice looks like ears that have pricked up for eavesdropping purposes. That would be a BRILLIANT twist.

Peter Sarsgaard

I think we can all agree he fell asleep at the shoe store. He needs black here, right?

Lana Condor in Prabal Gurung

There were a lot of VERY neon, almost chartreuse frocks, too, but I left them out. This one qualifies because its more yellow, I think? Also it's wacky.

Storm Reid

As usual, I probably would have liked this better without the cutout, or with less of one.

Saniyya Sidney

SO CUTE. I miss her. That was one hell of an awards run.

Garcelle Beauvais

I don't usually do the Housewives -- she IS a Housewives person now, right? -- but I couldn't ignore the collar. It's so good on this dress.

Heidi Gardner

In fact, this color scheme is a hit this year.

Donald Glover in King & Tuckfield

I don't know. He kind of looks like he's here to shepherd you through your week at the silent spa, where you absolutely CAN say that you want to skip the worship portion but probably you'll get escorted there anyway.

Heidi Klum in AZ Factory

I guess she can spin fabric from her chest. Nipplestiltskin?

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

I love her fierce red carpet persona.

Queen Latifah

Dreamy.

Japanese Breakfast

I would LOVE someone to take a second crack at her shoes -- there's got to be a more fun option to play off the dress -- but what a year SHE had, playing SNL and having a massive bestselling book, AND getting nominated for a pair of Grammys.

Rhea Seehorn

Simple and effective.

Debra Messing

I THINK the photo angle is throwing me off here? Like, it FEELS like I should be able to see her feet? But I can't? Also I might've let the hair flow loose here.

Ashley Park

Well, I'm glad she's having fun, anyway.

Rowan Blanchard in Rodarte

I assume Rowan is also having fun, but I can see way too much... private topography... here.

Julianne Hough

This beats her other outfit, in terms of the full composition.

Kris Jenner in Oscar de la Renta

This is quite nice, truly. She rarely wears these types of colors, so the lemon was a fun surprise.

Evan Mock

And he looks like a clown, but it's the Met, so... par for some courses.

Tamron Hall in Proenza

This got good play this year, as Tracee Ellis Ross also wore it.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee may just love yellow dresses with strings.

Cynthia Nixon

Hem it, Miranda! HEM IT!

Emma Thompson and Ariana DeBose

Double yellow!

Amy Schumer

I like her purse! And I respect her desire for kicks. I would've tried to find cuter ones.

Danai Gurira

This begs to be danced in, yes?

Stephanie Hsu

Easy breezy.

Taurean Prince

Very nice!

Auli'i Cravalho

That's posh, too. I'm always pleased when we can get more suits in these colorful slidshows.

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade

CASE IN POINT. That's perfect on Dwyane.

Michael B. Jordan

And THIS was unexpected. This is more FASHION than he's gone before, and it almost worked.

Corey Gamble

We even got a yellow tux-style suit! Yes, it's on Kris Jenner's beau, but still. He doesn't usually go colorful EITHER, so between them, Corey and Kris both explored this part of the spectrum in 2022. And let's applaud her for not making him legally change his name to Korey.

Martha

Obviously Martha got in on this, and obviously she had a great bag.

Regina Hall

I have enjoyed how much we've seen of Regina Hall since Girls' Trip, too.

Olivia Wilde

In which Olivia tries not to look worried, and succeeds. This is a good dress on her.

Geena Davis

Geena also looked wonderful.

Angela Bassett

The queen!

Tim Jo

This might be edging into chartreuse, but oh well. Still works.

Kelsea Ballerini

I really can't do the long wet hair look.

Michelle Yeoh

She is so fab.

Leslie Mann

This one... needed more... zhuzh.

Lyndon Smith

GO BIG.

Charlie Puth

More lemon meringue!

Issa Rae

And Issa tried to come at us with dresses over pants. Are we ready? I am not. This would have been great just as a dress. But, hey, she's gotta keep us on our toes.

You Know What Other Color Had Surprise Staying Power in 2022? Yellow.

Will we go for three for 2023?