
Janelle Monae wears an elegant black and white look while having lunch at the Mark Hotel in New York… before the Met Gala
Janelle Monae stepped out looking quite stylish on Sunday, ahead of the highly anticipated 2022 Met Gala.
The 36-year-old singer and fashion icon was seen leaving the Mark Hotel in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon.
Her outing comes just a day before the Met Gala, and while it’s unclear if she’s actually attending, she’s also shared photos and videos of her epic Met Gala 2019 look, a Pablo Picasso-inspired dress. by Christian Siriano on his Instagram story.
Stylish: Janelle Monae stepped out with a rather stylish look on Sunday, ahead of the highly anticipated 2022 Met Gala
Monae stepped out in a unique black and white patterned jumpsuit with the cuffs rolled up, complete with black sunglasses.
She also had a matching black and white Gucci handbag slung over the shoulder with a long chain and a black beret.
She completed her look with a stylish black and white long fuzzy coat and white boots.

Janelle look: Monae stepped out in a unique black and white patterned jumpsuit with the cuffs rolled up
She also took to her Instagram Story to share her iconic 2019 Met Gala look, inspired by the “camp” theme.
The dress was a tribute to Picasso, who she said was one of her “favorite artists” in an interview with Vanity Fair.
“In particular, I wanted to highlight Picasso’s African period in the early 1900s,” the singer said in the interview.

Inspired: She also took to her Instagram Story to share her iconic 2019 Met Gala look, inspired by the ‘camp’ theme
The singer also made headlines last month when he came out as non-binary during an episode of Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk.
“I’m not binary, so I don’t see myself as just a woman. I feel all my energy,’ she said during the episode, which also featured her mother Janet.
“I feel like God is so much bigger than the ‘he’ or the ‘she’. And if I come from God, I am everything,” she added.

Non-binary: The singer also made headlines last month when he came out as non-binary during an episode of Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk
‘I am everything. But I will always, always be with women. I will always stand with black women. But I see all that I am. Beyond Binary,” she added.
Monae hasn’t released an album since 2018’s Dirty Computer, though she’s kept busy as an actress and writer.
She will next be seen in the highly anticipated Knives Out 2, currently in post-production, and she just released her first book The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories From Dirty Computer in April.

Busy: Monae hasn’t released an album since 2018’s Dirty Computer, despite keeping busy as an actress and writer

New projects: She will next be seen in the highly anticipated Knives Out 2, currently in post-production, and she just released her first book The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories From Dirty Computer in April