Taraji P Henson in Alexander Wang
When I thought this was just AURA of Sheer and not FULL-ON Sheer, I was totally in. Cut out and all. Here, this dress looks glamorous and interesting, and totally great.
Taraji P Henson in Alexander Wang
And then she went all Lea Michele on us -- she posed like this basically all the way down the red carpet; as with the aforementioned Ms Michele, it pleases me -- and now I feel like I cannot in good conscience TOTALLY sign off on it, now that I know the truth of things. You guys, MUST EVERYTHING BE SHEER? IT'S GETTING SO BORING.
Taraji P Henson in Alexander Wang
It's like she's saying, "Jessica. This is really sheer. Please consider the entirety of my look before passing judgement. I want to make sure you have the complete story. Namely that this is very sheer. Are you SURE you understand?" TARAJI. I KNOW.
Taraji P Henson in Alexander Wang
And, dress aside -- which, it looks good here again -- we need to talk about the fact that this entire moment was basically The World Learning What a Weird Pain Terrance Howard Is, and I feel like Taraji's face, the whole time, was very very subtly saying, "you guys, I have to deal with this at work every day." All of which makes me (a) really excited for Empire to come back, and (b) hope someone is buying her a drink after work every now and then.