Across Mama, You Can Bet! Muldrow speaks to ancestry and movement, past and future and the pauses of the present in between to grieve on Our Joy (Mercedes), to consider the afterlife of slavery on Orgone or to compel herself forward on This Walk. A recurrent theme in her music is reconnecting to diasporic Black histories and their promises for freer futures
A tantalizing symphony of grace and sensuality, this v-neck long evening gown has a halter bodice with shoulder straps that attach at the back of the neck, while side bands flow horizontally over the open back
The inspiration is endless
The fitted bodice flows into a dramatic fishtail silhouette that elongates your figure and commands attention as you glide across the dance floor
And if you do find yourself in a similar situation, hope that your date is as resourceful as Keith Urban was - he fashioned the gown's criss-cross straps into a halter.(Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP (2))The Oops: One of the perils of a custom gown fitted to your measurements exactly is that there is absolutely no margin of error, as Hailee found out at the Oscars when a tiny tear in her Ralph & Russo Couture gown got bigger every time someone stepped on her train