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Janelle Monae SHINES successful Futuristic Ralph Lauren astatine Met Gala 2022
Janelle Monáe was an electric lady in London.
The "Pynk" vocalist made a dramatic entranceway with her reddish blistery look at the BFI London Film Festival for the Oct. 16 premiere of her latest film, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery—in which she stars alongside Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Daniel Craig and Edward Norton.
For the star-studded event, Janelle wore a completely sheer dress that featured agelong sleeves, a turtleneck collar and a small train. However, the see-through design by Christian Siriano wasn't the lone happening worthy noting.
Matching reddish fabric, shaped similar a blossoming flower, wrapped astir her waist with its layers of billowing material. The musician accessorized her showstopping look with a chapeau that looked precisely similar the skirt, peep-toe heels with floral appliqués and connection jewelry pieces from Misho and Fernando Jorge.
The Moonlight histrion was wholly feeling herself, arsenic she struck playful poses connected the reddish carpet. In 1 representation captured by photographers, Janelle threw her hands up successful the air, pretending she was shocked. Another snapshot showed her modeling the backmost of her formal as she blew a buss to the cameras.
While Janelle has surely cemented herself arsenic a euphony and manner icon, she opened up astir however she plans to flourish arsenic an actor. Hint: She's taking notes from Johnny Depp.
"When I deliberation astir careers," she said at the Screen Talk lawsuit during the BFI London Film Festival, per Variety. "This person's beingness arsenic an actor...Johnny Depp has a precise badass career."
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The outlet reported that she referenced Johnny's work successful Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sweeney Todd arsenic "dramatic roles" she hopes to play.
"Whatever the Janelle Monáe mentation of them is," she continued, "maybe it's thing adjacent better, I privation to beryllium capable to bash those transformative characters that radical are dressing up arsenic for Halloween."
However, we'd reason that her larger-than-life reddish carpet looks person already inspired galore costumes.
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