2014: Issa Rae and Chadwick Boseman
I couldn't help starting with a picture that I hope she owns and has framed.
2016
And now we jump ahead to the press for Insecure, although this looks more like the photo advertising her new MSNBC news hour.
2016
I almost always see the cold-shoulder dresses and want to yank them back up, but this is very lively.
2017
And I love this: great skirt, with a simple shirt and good styling.
2017
PERFECT. Seriously, she is JUST coming onto the scene and she's already acing it.
2017
She also loves patterns as much as I do, so bless. This is another super one.
2017 in Lisa Folawiyo
This one didn't need such a wide solid band, I feel like... if at all, a third of the width?
2017
Well, listen. Every celebrity tries the sheers once. They just do. It's part of the life cycle.
2017
There's some extra froof on this, but it works surprisingly well.
2017
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
Oooh, okay, well, again, every celebrity has a womp-womp moment or two, as well.
2017
I wish this had been lined, but she looks damned good in it anyway.
2017 in Zimmermann
Sure! Remember when we needed day dresses? Sigh.
2017
I really want to like this. It's glitzy, it's purple, it's patterned. But I find it a tad heavy.
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
As jumpsuits go, that's a yes.
2017 in Brandon Maxwell
I like this very much.
2017
As referee-chic goes, this is ALSO effective.
2018 in Rosie Assoulin
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
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
I know she likes yellow, but orange is smashing on her too. More citrus for all!
2018 in Marc Jacobs
This is a lot livelier than the purple sparkly one from earlier. Bravo, milady.
2018 in Rosie Assoulin
And I LOVED this. Loved, still love.
2018
THIS is vexing, however. Especially because the front of that skirt is so awesome.
2018 in Elizabeth and James
This seems like it would be Fug Nation approved.
2018
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
BIG SLEEVE ENERGY.
2018
The shoulder-pad patches are... something... but this is gorgeous work.
2018 in Thom Browne
Hey, it's Thom Browne. This could have been worse in two hundred ways.
2018 in Pyer Moss
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.)
2018
This is so pretty, and I keep wondering if it should be tea-length.
2018 in Valentino
You know I'm a complete sucker for gold.
2018 in Prabal Gurung
She doesn't get abs-y very often, so this was a surprise.
2018
I think -- and I never say this -- that this perhaps should JUST have been a jumpsuit.
2018 in Fausto Puglisi
Funky!
2018 in Solace London
I appreciate the swing at cheerful pants.
2019
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
This is, I think, the best of her yellow outfits.
2019 in Alberta Ferretti
WHAT MADNESS IS THIS.
2019 in Max Mara
Oh, no, you have to HEM the interesting pants, my friend!
2019 in Balmain
She does not look at all sure about the shape of this, and she is correct to wonder.
2019
This outfit says, "I don't have the emotional energy for the Webbys right now, but I'm trying."
2019
That top is really nifty. It loses steam as it goes.
2019 in Zuhair Murad
This fits slightly wrong in the bust, right?
2019 in Max Mara
This ALSO is wonky, although that happens with Max Mara a lot, from what I remember.
2019
BACK ON TRACK.
2019
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
See? She loves yellow.
2020 in Solace London
And, 2020 has arrived. I love this. Great color, cute cut, and all-around solid styling. She looks smashing.
2020 in Michael Kors
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!