On first blush, I said of this outfit, "WHOA." Eloquent, right? But seriously, look at this photo:
There is a LOT going on with Ms. Monique Coleman here, with the hair and the aluminum foil and the black tutu, and for a second I was overwhelmed.
But... come on, I am not made of stone. She looks like she's having such a good time, in that awesomely costumey and ridiculous Center Stage final performance way, where in two seconds someone will pan away from her and then pan back and she'll be in head-to-toe crimson with different eye makeup and streamers in her hair and then she'd start twirling while all the eligible dudes present tried to get her attention by doing a lot of jumping. And who wouldn't want to see THAT in real life? Not to mention that Monique's new afro is kind of sassy. It reminds me of when Tyra Banks made F'ing Yaya get one on Cycle 3 of ANTM, and it was so huge and fantastic and full of personality and RESPEITO that F'ing Yaya totally rocked it all the way to the finals and enticed Tyra to show up to one judging in a giant 'fro of her own that ALSO looked kind of glorious and I swear to God I had some serious Sass Envy that day.
So in sum: Cheap-looking prom shoes aside, I cherish the spirit of fun this look embodies. But I'm still putting it up to a vote, because I realize my reaction may have a lot to do with my taste in TV and my own personal affection for whimsy and possibly even the fact that I had a really tasty chicken-parm sandwich this weekend that put me in a really good mood for, like, two days. Seriously. Sandwiches are powerful.
There is a LOT going on with Ms. Monique Coleman here, with the hair and the aluminum foil and the black tutu, and for a second I was overwhelmed.
But... come on, I am not made of stone. She looks like she's having such a good time, in that awesomely costumey and ridiculous Center Stage final performance way, where in two seconds someone will pan away from her and then pan back and she'll be in head-to-toe crimson with different eye makeup and streamers in her hair and then she'd start twirling while all the eligible dudes present tried to get her attention by doing a lot of jumping. And who wouldn't want to see THAT in real life? Not to mention that Monique's new afro is kind of sassy. It reminds me of when Tyra Banks made F'ing Yaya get one on Cycle 3 of ANTM, and it was so huge and fantastic and full of personality and RESPEITO that F'ing Yaya totally rocked it all the way to the finals and enticed Tyra to show up to one judging in a giant 'fro of her own that ALSO looked kind of glorious and I swear to God I had some serious Sass Envy that day.
So in sum: Cheap-looking prom shoes aside, I cherish the spirit of fun this look embodies. But I'm still putting it up to a vote, because I realize my reaction may have a lot to do with my taste in TV and my own personal affection for whimsy and possibly even the fact that I had a really tasty chicken-parm sandwich this weekend that put me in a really good mood for, like, two days. Seriously. Sandwiches are powerful.
