The Internet Is Collectively Losing Their Minds Over Keke Palmer's "Whimsy" Dress
On Feb. 17, the American Black Film Festival Honors took place in Los Angeles, and the stars stepped out looking like a million melanted bucks.
... Loretta Devine, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Yvonne Orji attended.
And then, there's Keke.
The One of Them Days star's most recent fashion story for the film's press tour has given us fiery passion and high-end glam.
Get into these looks, honey!
Mother... literally!
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At the ABFF Honors, Keke wore a dress that took me a second to figure out.
If you look closer, you will see that her shirtdress looks like a dress shirt.
The off-the-shoulder Balmain ensemble is from Olivier Rouseing's Resort 2025 collection.
The shirtdress truly stole the show, and fans were eating it up once photos hit the internet. Here's what they're saying:
"It's giving there goes my shirt up over my head, oh my," one person wrote referencing Tweet's "Oops (Oh My) feat. Missy Elliott.
Bravo, Keke!
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