Janelle Monae introduced a little bit of the longer term to the Met Gala, donning a glittering Ralph Lauren look.
The Grammy-nominated singer left their hats at house for a glittering headpiece hooked up to a black and white figure-hugging robe.
"That is gilded glamour from the longer term," Monae advised The Related Press. "I got here right here from the longer term."
It is no shock the singer-song author would carry their affinity for sci-fi to Monday's Met Gala.
Monae, who just lately mentioned they're nonbinary, launched a sci-fi ebook titled "The Reminiscence Librarian: And Different Tales of Soiled Laptop." The ebook elaborates on Monae's Afrofuturistic album "Soiled Laptop" and shares tales with a number of different collaborators about how completely different threads from "queerness, race, gender plurality and love -- grow to be tangled with future potentialities of reminiscence and time in such a totalitarian panorama."
"It is supporting LGBTQI plus communities via Afrofuturism," Monae advised Vogue on the carpet.
Requested how lengthy their look took to drag collectively, Monae raised two fingers: "Two minutes."
As an artist, Monae mentioned they cherished with the ability to work with a crew to create the glamorous search for the night time.
"I am nonetheless an artwork faculty child pupil," Monae advised Vogue.
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