I was so looking forward to seeing Janelle Monae’s look last night and she did not disappoint. Janelle turned up in “deconstructed, then reconstructed take on the tuxedo” with a jacket with a trompe l’oeil suit on it, which she removed to reveal another incredible suit she could have worn on its own. Like Teyana Taylor, Janelle worked with an Oscar-winning costumer, she designed this with Paul Tazewell (Wicked, West Side Story) and it definitely shows. This suit is a work of art and I would love to see it in the Met. The Thom Browne Instagram account has the full details on this look including her giant shoes! Check out her cute monacle, that’s a nice touch.
If you search on Janelle Monae on Getty you can see her NSFW after party look. She does not GAF and I respect that about her.
Zoe Saldana was also in Thom Browne, in a black and white tuxedo gown accented with lines of buttons and a bow at the back. This is fun and on theme. I’m not as fond of her styling.
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Lorde was in a gray Thom Browne which was just a layered front-only bandeau top and skirt with a jacket. There are some unique elements to this but it’s not as on theme and it feels like they phoned it in.
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Angel Reese’s Thom Browne was dramatic with menswear elements. Her 20s styling is on point. On her Instagram stories now it says she has 107 carats of Graff High Jewellery!
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Whoopi Goldberg brought it in this black Tom Browne suit with a white off the shoulder jacket. She’s so on theme and is having so much fun. I’m Gen-X and will always have love for Whoopi.
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I love so many of these looks. I think this is one of the best met galas in a while. I LOVED seeing so many men really go all out for the theme and have fun with fashion – on usual red carpets its just a string of tuxedos so it was fun to see how much men love fashion too.
Anyway, Whoopi’s was one of my favorites of the night. The jacket, the hat, the shoes – just completely on point, perfectly tailored, and she looked like she was having a great time.
Janelle 👏👏👏👏
Definitely – theme, pushing the boundaries, art and fun.
Janelle 100%
Janelle Monae is the sexiest woman in the world, in part because of stuff like this. I love her.
Janelle was incredible
Janelle’s met looks are just so consistently fun and interesting.
Her watch eyepiece! I just loved it.
I also loved Angel Reese’s look. Stunning.
Love love JM!
Whoopi however can kick rocks. They crap she heaps on some people like Meghan. She’s awful. I guess she’s on the ozempic train too. Figures.
Is Lorde ok? Just wondering if she’s going through some things…
Lorde never cracked a smile & looked nervous, uncomfortable, & awkward but I think that was probably because she was self-conscious in her silly glued-on half-bandeau.
Well, somebody at Thom Browne obviously has it in for her with that gown, so … I’d be looking nervous too.
Lorde is meant to be a cummerbund, apparently. No idea what its grey. I get the idea, but it’s just not good.