Yikes and double yikes, I look awful but André makes me not care.
This event was...
This event was......
Guys, I don't even know where to begin.
I found myself situated directly up against the stage at Ralph Lauren's VIP Fashion's Night Out event, completely-360-degrees surrounded by people I deeply admire.
To my left was André Leon Talley, Contributing Editor at Vogue and judge on ANTM. Nearly fainted shaking his hand. He said my hair was "quite adorable".
To my far left was Jessica Alba in an utterly fabulous silver dress, basking in the light from the other photographers' flash bulbs
And, of course, in front of me (with unbelievable energy and ridiculous amounts of talent) was Janelle Monáe. This woman. This artist. I can't begin. I've been an avid listener of her music for about a year and a half now and I can say with great confidence that she is bar-none the greatest performer I have ever seen live. Boom. I'm serious.
I sang, I drank some champagne, I took photos, I was in heaven. The place was packed but it was still fun.
I will say though, and I'm sure anyone else who was at FNO in SoHo will agree with me, IT WAS ABSOLUTE MADNESS beyond the front doors of the store. Countless women were teetering around, slightly over-dressed (in a fabulous way of course), clogging the sidewalks as eager shoppers window shopped and browsed around.
It was a night to remember. I've been drowning myself in Janelle's music ever since.
I ALREADY HAVE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF FASHION WEEK STUFF TO POST, GUYS!! I'M SO EXCITED TO SHOW YOU!!!
these pictures are gorgeous, especially the ones of janelle monae!!
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sami
Partly thanks to your posts I've been re-obsessed with Janelle Monae.. that and she's coming to my university soon... but I'm not going, yikes.
ReplyDeleteAnd may I say, her outfit is freaking fabulous.
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Wonderful photographs, this truly looks like a FANTASTIC night! I love Andre's comment about your hair. Treasure that, I tell you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great photographs!
Lucky you!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would have loved being there!
Sounds like you had fun, and wow Jessica Alba looked amazing!
looks like it was a total blast! omg i imagine andre to be the most fun to hang out with. AND WOW how gorgeous is that dress on jessica?
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M.E.
ahh! great shots! love it! loooove janelle. hope you had a great weekend.
ReplyDeletereally gorgeous photos! I love the bow ties of this stylish man!
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This is amazing!! I really like all of these pictures!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a dream come true... and you got to be there! You are tremendously lucky!! ; u ;
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The party looks like it was a ton of fun! Janelle Monae looks amazing (of course), and I'm so jealous you got to see her live!
ReplyDeleteoh gosh, u had a great n wonderful nite there~~
ReplyDeleteI love this artist!!! she's amazing! thanks for the pictures
ReplyDeleteGenial post and this post helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you on your information.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Everything looks amazing, but I want you to know that Andre is NOT a judge on ANTM. That's Ms. Jay that you're thinking of. Honest mistake, but I wanted to let you know!
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Hiya Everyone!
ReplyDeleteIn response to the last commenter, André was a judge on the show this past season
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/12/andr_leon_talley_is_judging_th.html