- Hey guys, I'm Parris Rose here
at the 54th Annual NAACP Image Awards.
Tonight I know there's gonna be some amazing looks.
I can't wait, I brought my pink out tonight.
You know, trying to bring the sunshine
to this very cloudy day, so hang with us.
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We have to get into this look.
It is amazing.
I feel like it is the most creative look I've seen so far.
- Thank you. - So what was the inspiration
behind us?
- You know, I like to think outside of the box.
And I'm plant-based, as you can see,
so I wanna be the walking representation
of plant-based living, and here we are.
And I always go against the grain,
and so I do my own thing all the time, so here we are.
- You look stunning!
Who are you wearing and what was the inspo behind this look?
- This is all hand done, handmade.
1,000 hours of beating Kente cloth out of Ghana.
A husband and wife team Pitshi, P-I-T-S-H-I,
and they are just amazing.
The work they put into this,
and I'm just very happy
that they chose the tapestry of royalty.
- Oh, I love it.
It's made for your body, it's made for you.
All right, I'm here with MC Lyte looking amazing.
So can you tell me how you picked your outfit tonight?
- You know, it was two golds.
It was this gold and then a real gold
and I just went with this one.
- We have Gia Peppers here, looking amazing in pink.
We had the pink in mind.
- Pink, I mean, clearly we were trying to match the vibes.
I didn't realize I was matching, we were matching so well.
- Yes. - But we did (laughs).
- Exactly, I was like, oh, okay!
- Here we are.
- So what was the inspiration behind this look?
- You know, the inspiration behind the original look
was we thought it was gonna be hotter
and not as, like this is winter New York weather.
So we had to do a quick switch, and I said, you know what?
It reminds me of Diana Ross and The Supremes.
It reminds me of "Dreamgirls",
and it reminds me of our fave, Sheryl Lee Ralph.
So I was like, let me bring this "Dreamgirls" magic
to the carpet, give real I dream of Gia on the carpet.
- So what was the inspiration behind your look?
Did you have to switch it up at all?
- Well, you know, I have to say it is really island glam.
We wanted to do kind of mermaid-esque.
- I see. - And you know,
it's raining outside,
so it's actually perfect for a mermaid.
(both laugh)
I'm always looking on the bright side.
- Yes, I love that.
You look absolutely stunning.
- Thank you.
- What was the inspiration behind this look?
- We wanna give Vintage Hollywood.
I wanna see, you know, melanated women
be adventurous, glamorous, elegante.
Shout out to my amazing team,
Marquis on the face, Art on the hair, Icon on the fit.
- You look so handsome tonight.
What was the inspiration behind your look
and who are you wearing?
- I'm wearing Ralph Lauren.
- Okay.
- I'm styled by Tiffany Scott-Clemente.
And I'm just trying to do the best I can.
- He said I'm just gonna look handsome.
That's the inspo. - As much as I can.
- What was the inspiration behind your look tonight?
- I think, you know, I haven't been out
to an awards show for like in a minute.
You know, I wanted to come out here dapper, clean.
I haven't been in the limelight too much, you know.
COVID and I've been working,
but I think just wanted to feel good today.
- Okay, love that.
I love this look.
It's amazing, so what was the inspiration behind the look?
- You know what, I wanted to, I knew that this event,
out of all of the award season events,
I said I've gotta turn it up.
(Parris laughs)
We gotta turn it up several notches.
- Yeah. - Because everybody brings it
to the Image Awards.
You've gotta show out in color,
you gotta show out in fabulous.
And then a couple of the ideas where I said
I know I want a big skirt.
- Yeah. - But everything was black
and maybe blue and dark purple.
And I was like, no!
I don't care that it's raining, like we're gonna have,
like God came back and was mad.
I don't care that we're gonna build an Ark in five minutes.
I need to show up in springtime colors.
So I found it at this little French,
my stylist found it, and I was like,
you know I think that's mine.
And then we just built everything around this crazy skirt.
- You look amazing, I wanna start there.
- Thank you. - What was the inspiration
behind your look tonight?
- You know, fine.
I said it just make me,
I also really wanted to make sure I look regal
and pay homage to the grades with the black.
But then we picked out the dress
because I'm not gonna lie,
Lizzo and Beyonce at the Grammys had a look!
I was like, yeah, you right,
this is the one, this is the one.
But yeah, we wanted to,
the hair is inspired by Regina King
when she won the Oscars and had the loose curl.
So it's the Regina King Oscar curl
and we wanted to keep the face classic in nudes and mauves.
So just, you know, put on real diamonds.
- Okay. - I've always been the type
to kinda go like more flashy
but I guess this time I wanted to just keep it classy
'cause I'm growing up, so I don't wanna go too crazy.
I remember last time I was here, or not last time,
a couple times I did like this full green and black suit.
So I was like, this time I'ma just
go regular black and white.
- What was your inspiration behind the look tonight?
- I mean, it's all Ugo Mozie.
- Okay.
- I've been wanting to work with him.
We finally got together and he makes magic.
So full Dolce & Gabbana look, so appreciative for it.
It looks amazing, I feel amazing.
- It's the Image Awards, you know.
You gotta step out, you gotta show out.
It's always my favorite awards show to dress up
because I know I'm gonna see my people stepping out
in their best that they have.
So I was like, I gotta come correct with it.
So this is a Mr. Saturday suit.
It's like white leather of some sort
with the painted accent, so we got the frog.
I don't know, I thought it was cool.
It made me feel like a race car driver.
So I was like, I rock with it.
- How did you decide what you're gonna wear?
- I'm from Chicago, so,
went to my closet, put something on, yeah.
(laughs)
- My stylist, Adam.
(Parris laughs)
He thought it would be a good look.
I actually wanted to do something like peach.
Not even peach, like, you know what I mean?
- Yeah. - Like a tone, but
we couldn't get that in time.
- Okay. - So this is what it is.
Hope you guys like.
- I got a little aesthetic gift
and I just applied to my family, that's it.
- All right, that's a wrap
on the 54th annual NAACP Image Awards.
The looks did not disappoint tonight, as I thought.
People came out looking their best.
You guys gotta let me know who was your favorite though.
All right, thanks for sticking with us.
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