Lacey Chabert's On-Trend Color Choice Still Didn't Save Her From The Worst-Dressed List

Actor and Hallmark Channel favorite Lacey Chabert is no stranger to red-carpet style. Having started acting as a child, Lacey Chabert has made a complete transformation throughout her career. But with so many years in the industry, the "Mean Girls" star has had her share of fashion fumbles. One dress in particular that Chabert wore in 2022 still calls for an explanation. The actor wore an eye-catching knee-length dress to the Hallmark Channel's 2022 Christmas Con celebration. The dress was a contemporary butter-yellow color, but on the bodice was a twist of fabric that resembled old-timey peppermint candy wrappers. 

Overall, the outfit felt unbalanced. What looked like a misguided attempt at a vibrant party dress turned out to be way too much at once as the explosion of material overshadowed the sunshine-hued ensemble. The dress was strapless but the influx of fabric gave the illusion of a poorly tailored mock neckline. Chabert didn't even show off the best feature of the dress until hours later on Instagram, where she revealed that the garment had pockets!

It also didn't help that Chabert went with no accessories, minimal makeup, and lackluster straight hair that sat on her shoulders with minimal volume. She paired the dress with stiletto heels that had black straps. The shoes did feature a cute white daisy flower design, but the florals' color choice felt inappropriate with the dress and made Chabert look juvenile. Plus, the overpowering dress fabric drew attention away from her choice of shoes to counterintuitively make the actor look shorter.

When done correctly, yellow can range in versatility from a soft neutral to rich tone suitable for dopamine dressing. Thankfully, it didn't take long for Lacey Chabert to correct her yellow dress mistake by embracing what the color has to offer. In 2024, Chabert appeared with other Hallmark Channel stars at the summer press tour for the Television Critics Association. She wore a yellow-and-white plaid dress with a fit-and-flare silhouette that accentuated her figure. On the top of the dress was a flattering square-ish neckline with thin white straps. The dress included a cute gingham pattern in a textured fabric and a sweet frayed detail at the bottom of the hemline. Chabert completed the look with shiny gold heels and wavy hair that felt fresh and lively.

Her outfit appeared light and airy, fully proving how the color butter yellow, which was trending in 2024 and is still en-vogue in 2025, can be playful and tasteful. It shows how this soft hue can be styled in multiple ways, dressed up or down to look casual yet classic. The balance between butter yellow and white is a great compromise between a full monochrome yellow outfit versus ensembles with subtle pops of the sun-kissed color. Chabert properly made use of the trendy tone in a way that showed off the color's beauty as well as her own femininity.