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# Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/janelle-monae-wears-ralph-russo-to-the-met-gala/
- Published: 2017-05-02T19:42:26.000Z
- Updated: 2017-05-03T06:06:09.000Z
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: Met Ball, #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:49

## Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala

![Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2017/05/janelle-monae-in-ralph-russo-1493741628.jpg)

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock (8770826ik) Janelle Monae The Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 01 May 2017

This is delightful -- well, I have doubts about the neckpiece, but we'll get to that -- and more delightful than anythng is that fab lipstick. Her face looks GREAT.

## Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala

![Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/05/700040563JR00148_The_Mark_H-1493741554.jpg)

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Janelle Monae leaves from The Mark Hotel for the 2017 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between' Met Gala on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for The Mark Hotel) \*\*\* Local Caption \*\*\* Janelle Monae

This skirt brings THE DRAMA. We've long been saying that Ralph & Russo deserves to be worn more often, at big events like this, and I feel terribly smug to be proven correct here. This is one hell of a ballgown.

## Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala

![Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/05/700040563JR00151_The_Mark_H-1493741591.jpg)

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Janelle Monae leaves from The Mark Hotel for the 2017 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between' Met Gala on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for The Mark Hotel) \*\*\* Local Caption \*\*\* Janelle Monae

I enjoy that the way the skirt is constructed makes her look like she's gathering up her skirts to make a mad, dramatic dash away from you at every single moment.

## Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala

![Janelle Monae Wears Ralph & Russo to the Met Gala](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/05/700040563JR00149_The_Mark_H-1493741570.jpg)

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Janelle Monae leaves from The Mark Hotel for the 2017 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between' Met Gala on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for The Mark Hotel) \*\*\* Local Caption \*\*\* Janelle Monae

Would I perhaps have argued against a neckbrace of raven's feathers? Yes. But, as usual, no one ever asks.

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