Yara Shahidi glams it up in mini dress with floral design… ahead of Tonight Show appearance

Yara Shahidi has hit the pavement of New York City as part of the promotional push for her hit sitcom Grown-ish.

The actress and model was dressed to the nines when she was spotted making her way along the bustling streets seemingly ahead of her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday.

Her busy day also included taking to her Instagram page to promote her spot on the late night talk show, which is taped in the early evening, and to show off her look ahead of hitting the stage. 

Yara Shahidi, 22, was dressed to the nines when she flashed her golden smile ahead of her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday

Shahidi, 22, looked like she was ready for the catwalk all decked out in her black and white mini dress with a golden floral design.

Only the top portion, along the shoulders, of the hot number was white, while the rest of it from the chest and below was the black portion.

The golden flower designs were scattered throughout the dark part of the mini dress that appeared to glisten under the afternoon sun.

In keeping with the floral color scheme, the Black-ish star she opted to wear a pair of yellow heels, all while she carried a stylish black purse.

Strutting her stuff: The actress and model looked like she was ready for the catwalk all decked out in her black and white mini dress with a golden floral design

Promo mode: The Minnesota native came dressed to impress ahead of her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 

At one point during her travels, with the temperature in the 40s Fahrenheit for a good part of the day, Shahidi decided to add a gorgeous yellow jacket to her ensemble.

The stylish coat came complete with a white furry portion along the first half of each sleeve and a zipper up to the neckline that she used while out and about.

It appears ‘golden’ was Yashidi’s mantra for the day, considering her touches of yellow and gold in her fashion choices, as well as one of her Instagram posts where she dropped in a snippet of Jill Scott’s uplifting sing-along song Golden (2004).

‘How we are living in 2023,’ she shared in the caption of the video, along with a golden star emoji, that showed her flipping her hands through her shoulder-length bob cut.

‘I’m livin’ my life like it’s golden – Livin’ my life like it’s golden,’ the soul and R&B singer can be be heard belting out in the clip in her post. 

Glowing: The Black-ish star could’t stop flashing her infectious smile during her walk along the bustling streets of Midtown Manhattan

Promo campaign: The actress was making her way to tape her spot on the late night talk show, as part of her promotion for the premiere of the second half of her sitcom Grown-ish

After flashing her infectious smile, the Minneapolis, Minnesota native got playful with the camera and quickly dropped her hands to give viewers more of a look at her minidress.

The actress would also take to her Instagram Stories and share a photo of herself looking off to her left.

‘Lobby lighting doesn’t miss…,’ she wrote at the top of the photo, in a reference to the mixture of glowing light and a darkened side of her face.

Shahidi is in New York City, in part, to promote the premiere of the second half of season five of her series Grown-ish, which drops later that very same evening on Freeform.

Looking for that lighting: Shahidi confessed ‘lobby lighting doesn’t miss’ in a photo taken inside a building lobby, while all decked out in her lovely mini dress

Prepping: In her Instagram video, Shahidi ran her hands through her shoulder-length bob

She’s golden: The leading lady wrote ‘how we are living in 2023’ along with a golden star emoji, and dropped in a snippet of Jill Scott’s catchy soulful song Golden

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Working it: The actress also got playful with the camera and dripped her hands down to show off her mini dress

Glamming it up: Shahidi got a few more glam touch ups in another Instagram post

Glowing: The television and film star flashed a golden smile after getting some glam preps