The Best of the Rest of Black Girls Rock! 2018

Janet Jackson in Christian Siriano

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This is very dramatic! (I learned from Janet's Instagram that she's wearing big boots under there, which I like.) Ava DuVernay was at this event, and this whole looks feels ever so slightly like it might be a ploy to get into a Wrinkle in Time sequel.

Janet's Nails

This nail art is really cool and would also render me incapable of doing anything.

Naomi Campbell

This is so Relaxed 70s. I love it.

Cynthia Erivo in Sally LaPointe,

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Our photo service captioned Cynthia as Lil' Kim and I think both Cynthia and Lil' Kim would have to be like WUT about that. (She looks dramatic and cool as ever.)

Kaia Burke, Tarana Burke

Tarana Burke, of course, is a civil rights activist who is the founder of the #MeToo movement. She looks fab, and her daughter Kaia's dress is GORGEOUS.

Queen Latifah

I BELIEVE Queen Latifah hosted this evening's festivities -- the show doesn't air for a couple of weeks -- and I appreciate her swanning in wearing a dramatic cape coat.

Queen Latifah

This whole look is sort of like...what Darth Vader might wear if he lightened up (I first saw a side view of her shirt and thought it WAS a Star Wars tee, so I might just have cinema's meanest cape enthusisast on the brain).

Phylicia Rashad

This whole look delights me and I hope to dress exactly thusly when I was older.

Mareena Robinson Snowden

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She looks fantastic, and when I saw her I thought, "oh, who is that? She must be on a TV show I don't watch." So I looked her up and ACTUALLY she's a NUCLEAR ENGINEER and the first black woman to get a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT. She is a gorgeous genius.