The 2018 BET Awards took place Sunday night in Los Angeles, right smack dab in the middle of Pride month. The looks were strong all around, but no one did it like Janelle Monae. My girl dropped her characteristically monochrome suits to positively and literally embody the rainbow.
In a floor-length, tiered, tulle circle skirt, Monae really went full ROYGBIV, adding what appears to be a small section of (reddish-) brown and black near her waist. Perhaps you’ve seen those shades added to the LGBTQ rainbow: they symbolize the inclusion of brown and black people, an added level of visibility for queer people of color. Like I said, she was not fucking around, people, and looked like a million bucks. Behold: