Janelle Monáe Wore Thom Browne To The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Janelle Monáe was one of the guest performers at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Peacock Theater in LA, and she arrived in a look that instantly reminded everyone why Thom Browne remains one of her most natural fashion homes.

There are only a handful of people who can wear Browne’s school-uniform-inspired tailoring repeatedly without it feeling like repetition. Janelle is one of them. She never approaches these looks as costumes; they feel like part of her internal wiring with the playfulness layered over genuine sartorial intelligence.

This Spring 2026 ensemble is a lot, even by Thom Browne standards. The sleeves cascading from the waist fall like pleated kilts, and the coat with extra arms — it’s practically a fashion puzzle. On someone else, it could swallow the wearer whole. But Janelle knows how to hold the centre of a look, even when the garments seem to multiply around her. She understands proportion, stance, and how to let the tailoring do the talking while she remains still at the core.

And that’s why it works. Not because the look is easy, but because she doesn’t approach it with hesitation. It fits seamlessly into her ongoing visual language that is sharply self-defined.

A headband, crisp tie, and measured glam completed the look.

Stylist: Alexandra Mandelkorn. Hair Stylist: Nikki Nelms. Makeup Artist: Keita Moore.

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