> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Issa Rae's Birthday Fugtrospective - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/issa-raes-birthday-fugtrospective/ - Published: 2021-01-15T15:45:08.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-14T07:07:03.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: fugs, #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:15 ## 2014: Issa Rae and Chadwick Boseman ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10762671g-1610591547.jpg) I couldn't help starting with a picture that I hope she owns and has framed. ## 2016 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9120910b-1610591219.jpg) And now we jump ahead to the press for Insecure, although this looks more like the photo advertising her new MSNBC news hour. ## 2016 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9201192k-1610591237.jpg) I almost always see the cold-shoulder dresses and want to yank them back up, but this is very lively. ## 2017 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_7746965t-1610591161.jpg) And I love this: great skirt, with a simple shirt and good styling. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9242037st-1610591294.jpg) PERFECT. Seriously, she is JUST coming onto the scene and she's already acing it. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9241569ft-1610591285.jpg) She also loves patterns as much as I do, so bless. This is another super one. ## 2017 in Lisa Folawiyo ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_8411881es-1610591170.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mediapunch/Shutterstock (8411881es) Issa Rae ABFF Honors, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Feb 2017 WEARING LISA FOLAWIYO This one didn't need such a wide solid band, I feel like... if at all, a third of the width? ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9241289aa-1610591260.jpg) Well, listen. Every celebrity tries the sheers once. They just do. It's part of the life cycle. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9241419ep-1610591276.jpg) There's some extra froof on this, but it works surprisingly well. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9241327du-1610591269.jpg) I know. I know it's formal shorts. I do. And would I like to see it with leather pants? Yes. But I LOVE THIS JACKET and I cannot be swayed. ## 2017 in Dries van Noten ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_8957355hk-1610591178.jpg) Oooh, okay, well, again, every celebrity has a womp-womp moment or two, as well. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_8984165c-1610591187.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Invision/AP/Shutterstock (8984165c) Issa Rae attends the Black Girls Rock! Awards at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, in Newark, N.J 2017 Black Girls Rock Awards - Arrivals, Newark, USA - 05 Aug 2017 I wish this had been lined, but she looks damned good in it anyway. ## 2017 in Zimmermann ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9047018bq-1610591194.jpg) Sure! Remember when we needed day dresses? Sigh. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9048184fo-1610591203.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Invision/AP/Shutterstock (9048184fo) Issa Rae attends the Harper's BAZAAR 'Icons by Carine Roitfeld' party at The Plaza Hotel, in New York 2017 Harper's Bazaar Icons Party, New York, USA - 08 Sep 2017 I really want to like this. It's glitzy, it's purple, it's patterned. But I find it a tad heavy. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9065632pm-1610591211.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Invision/AP/Shutterstock (9065632pm) Issa Rae arrives at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Sep 2017 You know how at the Met Gala, the designers later release details of the inspirations behind each outfit? I need to know why her arms have two totally different compression wraps. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9187528v-1610591227.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Invision/AP/Shutterstock (9187528v) Issa Rae arrives at the "2017 IndieWire Honors" on Thursday, Nov.2, 2017, in Los Angeles 2017 IndieWire Honors, Los Angeles, USA - 02 Nov 2017 As jumpsuits go, that's a yes. ## 2017 in Brandon Maxwell ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9225255cq-1610591245.jpg) I like this very much. ## 2017 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9228781b-1610591252.jpg) As referee-chic goes, this is ALSO effective. ## 2018 in Rosie Assoulin ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9309023d-1610591303.jpg) We're at slide 19 and it's just turned 2018\. It's going to be a while before we get to 2019, too. She is BUSY. This is fine, but Issa loves yellow and this isn't the best of them. ## 2018 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9309730cs-1610591310.jpg) I want to like this, but it looks too big, and as if they didn't QUITE get the length of the necklace correct. Everything is just a smidge off. ## 2018 in Prada ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9316299bk-1610591318.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim Smeal/Shutterstock (9316299bk) Issa Rae Marie Claire Image Makers Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 11 Jan 2018 WEARING PRADA I know she likes yellow, but orange is smashing on her too. More citrus for all! ## 2018 in Marc Jacobs ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9323026bo-1610591326.jpg) This is a lot livelier than the purple sparkly one from earlier. Bravo, milady. ## 2018 in Rosie Assoulin ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9342546dt-1610591335.jpg) And I LOVED this. Loved, still love. ## 2018 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9352989ew-1610591342.jpg) THIS is vexing, however. Especially because the front of that skirt is so awesome. ## 2018 in Elizabeth and James ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9374084z-1610591350.jpg) This seems like it would be Fug Nation approved. ## 2018 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9437748n-1610591357.jpg) This has a Bridesmaid Clearance Rack feel to it -- something about the way the fabric sits on the floor because it's a hair long. ## 2018 in Pyer Moss ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9439256fq-1610591364.jpg) BIG SLEEVE ENERGY. ## 2018 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9665150aa-1610591373.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (9665150aa) Issa Rae attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition, in New York 2018 MET Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala, New York, USA - 07 May 2018 The shoulder-pad patches are... something... but this is gorgeous work. ## 2018 in Thom Browne ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9686382ay-1610591381.jpg) Hey, it's Thom Browne. This could have been worse in two hundred ways. ## 2018 in Pyer Moss ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9702955rt-1610591389.jpg) She hosted this event and wore all black designers the whole time, which was great. (I just realized we did have the inside photos -- [the last one is my favorite](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/issa-rae-did-some-outfit-changes-at-the-cfdas-06-2018/).) ## 2018 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9876633ad-1610591397.jpg) This is so pretty, and I keep wondering if it should be tea-length. ## 2018 in Valentino ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9881761g-1610591406.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock (9881761g) Issa Rae Rihannas 4th Annual Diamond Ball, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2018 WEARING VALENTINO You know I'm a complete sucker for gold. ## 2018 in Prabal Gurung ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9883395n-1610591414.jpg) She doesn't get abs-y very often, so this was a surprise. ## 2018 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9885355fl-1610591431.jpg) I think -- and I never say this -- that this perhaps should JUST have been a jumpsuit. ## 2018 in Fausto Puglisi ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9883835eb-1610591422.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock (9883835eb) Issa Rae 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, HBO Party, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Sep 2018 WEARING FAUSTO PUGLISI Funky! ## 2018 in Solace London ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_9887524x-1610591438.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (9887524x) Issa Rae 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' TV show, Los Angeles, USA - 19 Sep 2018 WEARING SOLACE LONDON I appreciate the swing at cheerful pants. ## 2019 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10056031bl-1610591446.jpg) So we're JUST now at 2019\. Like I said: a busy lady, and this isn't even an exhaustive slideshow. Anyway: I do not like this. She is way more interesting than it is. ## 2019 in Oscar de la Renta ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10182739cz-1610591453.jpg) This is, I think, the best of her yellow outfits. ## 2019 in Alberta Ferretti ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10183826q-1610591461.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock (10183826q) Issa Rae 'Good Morning America' TV show, New York, USA - 01 Apr 2019 Wearing Alberta Ferretti WHAT MADNESS IS THIS. ## 2019 in Max Mara ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10185195w-1610591469.jpg) Oh, no, you have to HEM the interesting pants, my friend! ## 2019 in Balmain ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10191330bf-1610591476.jpg) She does not look at all sure about the shape of this, and she is correct to wonder. ## 2019 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10236437h-1610591484.jpg) This outfit says, "I don't have the emotional energy for the Webbys right now, but I'm trying." ## 2019 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10266453l-1610591492.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Frank Micelotta/Picturegroup/Shutterstock (10266453l) Issa Rae Wearable Art Gala, Arrivals, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, Los Angeles - 01 Jun 2019 That top is really nifty. It loses steam as it goes. ## 2019 in Zuhair Murad ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10286742at-1610591499.jpg) This fits slightly wrong in the bust, right? ## 2019 in Max Mara ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10303552e-1610591507.jpg) This ALSO is wonky, although that happens with Max Mara a lot, from what I remember. ## 2019 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_11678436a-1610591555.jpg) BACK ON TRACK. ## 2019 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10372326l-1610591515.jpg) The color is good. This is fine! It's fine. Actually, for a long-sleeve, long-skirted turtleneck dress that could be very consuming, it isn't bad at all. ## 2019 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10444417fk-1610591523.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (10444417fk) Issa Rae arrives at the 26th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel, in Los Angeles 26th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration, Los Angeles, USA - 14 Oct 2019 See? She loves yellow. ## 2020 in Solace London ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10550149ah-1610591530.jpg) And, 2020 has arrived. I love this. Great color, cute cut, and all-around solid styling. She looks smashing. ## 2020 in Michael Kors ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_10554981af-1610591539.jpg) And that's the last that we have of her, thanks to Covid. I mean, I'm sure she's done some stuff on Instagram, but red-carpet wise, this is it. She looks wonderful, and her bright array of colors and patterns has given me a mood boost heading into the weekend. So it's her birthday week, but she gave US the gift. Thanks, Issa! [Issa Rae Gets a Birthday Retrospective!It's sparkling.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_editorial_7746965t-1610591161.jpg)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/issa-rae-gets-a-birthday-retrospective-too-01-2021/)