We’ve already seen Viola Davis and Tracee Ellis Ross from this event, but the sartorial splendor at the NAACP Image Awards did not start and stop with them. It was a very good night for Christian Siriano, because in addition to dressing Marsai Martin (she’s in the slideshow), he got this gown on Janelle Monae:
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She looks incredible. I’m not typically a navel person — I tend to think midriff stuff works better when you leave the belly button out of it — so yes, I did think, “If only the skirt were a touch higher.” But I do love the texture on the lone sleeve, it fits like an absolute glove, and it’s styled perfectly. She and Christian have collaborated very effectively before and she clearly brings out his best.
I am obsessed with Angela Bassett’s built-in cupboard here:
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I want to know what room this is, and whether that is secretly a dumb waiter. The outfit is 90 percent good, 10 percent a rough draft of Wonder Woman’s crown jammed up under her boobs.
Yara Shahidi went with Dior jammies:
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This is like a master class in How To Look Dressed When You Maybe Technically Decided Not To Change Out Of Your Pre-Game Loungewear.
