Janelle Monáe changed out of her Trompe L’oeil Met Gala suit, and into a corset + anchor nipple pasties for the after-party! And honestly? Could not be more obsessed, especially with the monocle.
Janelle spoke to the New York Times about her “time-traveling dandy” look for the 2025 Met Gala, saying, “I feel like a kid in class ready to give the presentation.”
She added, “I’m a very free-spirited person. I’ve spent a great deal of my career—I’ve tried to at least—just redefining who you can be in a suit. We asked ourselves, What would elements of dandyism from the past, present and future look like? It feels like you’re getting a glimpse of somebody moving through time.”
“I’ve tried to deconstruct systems for many years through my work, through my art and activism,” she noted. “I want to deconstruct respectability politics around suiting and around how Black people can show up in the world. I wanted to show that we get to decide who we are.”
Love.
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