Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/GettyJanelle Monáeis turning heads at the 2024Grammy Awards.The “Make Me Feel” hitmaker, 38, dressed to impress for the star-studded ceremony, wearing a Giorgio Armani Privé gown with a plunging bustier embroidered with black sequins and trimmed with silver beads. The waistline of the design also featured floral accents made of black and silver crystals.“I’m feeling classic, timeless, futuristic,” the singer toldE!host Laverne Cox on the red carpet. “I’m standing in Black pride and it’s the liquid blackness and in a state of joy. This album was all about joy. And this time around I wanted joy for my people. I’m so happy to be nominated for album of the year.“Matt Winkelmeyer/GettyMonáe (who uses she/they pronouns)could walk away with two awards at Sunday’s ceremony, as their 2023 releaseThe Age of Pleasureis up for album of the year and best progressive R&B album.The Age of Pleasure— Monáe’s fourth studio album — marked their first LP release in over five years after they droppedDirty Computerin 2018.Monáe’s red carpet looks, including the rosette-coveredNicole + Felicia two-piece gownshe wore to Clive Davis' Pre-Grammys Gala, are always incredible, and they previously told PEOPLE that someone close to their heart acts as their style inspiration.Amy Sussman/GettySpeaking in January 2023,the musician said they’d been taking tips from their then 3-year-old niece, Jorgie.“She’s confident and free,” they said. “She puts together clothes and they don’t have to match. They don’t have to be in the same genre. And she’s so happy. That’s what I think clothing is about. I don’t need to be uncomfortable.“Monáe — who stuck to black-and-white ensembles when they were starting out in the industry — insisted fashion “should be an extension of how I’m feeling inside. Fashion allows us an opportunity to tell stories.“Janelle Monáe.Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images"A lot of my fashion came from just not having enough money for things,” they explained. “As I was performing, I couldn’t have a new look every performance. So I would just go to thrift stores and I would buy black, two dollar trousers or tuxedo pants and have them tailored to fit my body. And I would go to Banana Republic and get a white button down shirt.”
Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Janelle Monáeis turning heads at the 2024Grammy Awards.The “Make Me Feel” hitmaker, 38, dressed to impress for the star-studded ceremony, wearing a Giorgio Armani Privé gown with a plunging bustier embroidered with black sequins and trimmed with silver beads. The waistline of the design also featured floral accents made of black and silver crystals.“I’m feeling classic, timeless, futuristic,” the singer toldE!host Laverne Cox on the red carpet. “I’m standing in Black pride and it’s the liquid blackness and in a state of joy. This album was all about joy. And this time around I wanted joy for my people. I’m so happy to be nominated for album of the year.“Matt Winkelmeyer/GettyMonáe (who uses she/they pronouns)could walk away with two awards at Sunday’s ceremony, as their 2023 releaseThe Age of Pleasureis up for album of the year and best progressive R&B album.The Age of Pleasure— Monáe’s fourth studio album — marked their first LP release in over five years after they droppedDirty Computerin 2018.Monáe’s red carpet looks, including the rosette-coveredNicole + Felicia two-piece gownshe wore to Clive Davis' Pre-Grammys Gala, are always incredible, and they previously told PEOPLE that someone close to their heart acts as their style inspiration.Amy Sussman/GettySpeaking in January 2023,the musician said they’d been taking tips from their then 3-year-old niece, Jorgie.“She’s confident and free,” they said. “She puts together clothes and they don’t have to match. They don’t have to be in the same genre. And she’s so happy. That’s what I think clothing is about. I don’t need to be uncomfortable.“Monáe — who stuck to black-and-white ensembles when they were starting out in the industry — insisted fashion “should be an extension of how I’m feeling inside. Fashion allows us an opportunity to tell stories.“Janelle Monáe.Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images"A lot of my fashion came from just not having enough money for things,” they explained. “As I was performing, I couldn’t have a new look every performance. So I would just go to thrift stores and I would buy black, two dollar trousers or tuxedo pants and have them tailored to fit my body. And I would go to Banana Republic and get a white button down shirt.”
Janelle Monáeis turning heads at the 2024Grammy Awards.
The “Make Me Feel” hitmaker, 38, dressed to impress for the star-studded ceremony, wearing a Giorgio Armani Privé gown with a plunging bustier embroidered with black sequins and trimmed with silver beads. The waistline of the design also featured floral accents made of black and silver crystals.“I’m feeling classic, timeless, futuristic,” the singer toldE!host Laverne Cox on the red carpet. “I’m standing in Black pride and it’s the liquid blackness and in a state of joy. This album was all about joy. And this time around I wanted joy for my people. I’m so happy to be nominated for album of the year.”
Monáe (who uses she/they pronouns)could walk away with two awards at Sunday’s ceremony, as their 2023 releaseThe Age of Pleasureis up for album of the year and best progressive R&B album.
The Age of Pleasure— Monáe’s fourth studio album — marked their first LP release in over five years after they droppedDirty Computerin 2018.
Monáe’s red carpet looks, including the rosette-coveredNicole + Felicia two-piece gownshe wore to Clive Davis' Pre-Grammys Gala, are always incredible, and they previously told PEOPLE that someone close to their heart acts as their style inspiration.
Amy Sussman/Getty
Speaking in January 2023,the musician said they’d been taking tips from their then 3-year-old niece, Jorgie.
“She’s confident and free,” they said. “She puts together clothes and they don’t have to match. They don’t have to be in the same genre. And she’s so happy. That’s what I think clothing is about. I don’t need to be uncomfortable.”
Monáe — who stuck to black-and-white ensembles when they were starting out in the industry — insisted fashion “should be an extension of how I’m feeling inside. Fashion allows us an opportunity to tell stories.”
Janelle Monáe.Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images
Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images
“A lot of my fashion came from just not having enough money for things,” they explained. “As I was performing, I couldn’t have a new look every performance. So I would just go to thrift stores and I would buy black, two dollar trousers or tuxedo pants and have them tailored to fit my body. And I would go to Banana Republic and get a white button down shirt.”
source: people.com
