The Best Shoes at the Janelle Monae Listening Party

Earlier this week, Janelle Monae stopped by Luminous Sound in Richardson to preview her upcoming album, The Electric Lady. Monae is famously fashionable (one of her most prominent commercial relationships is with CoverGirl), so it stands to reason that the attendees of the listening party would dig up some of...

By Kiernan Maletsky

August 21, 2013

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Earlier this week, Janelle Monae stopped by Luminous Sound in Richardson to preview her upcoming album, The Electric Lady. Monae is famously fashionable (one of her most prominent commercial relationships is with CoverGirl), so it stands to reason that the attendees of the listening party would dig up some of the best of their own closets. We took particular notice of some impressive shoes, which, coincidentally, everyone would end up removing before actually entering the studio to hear the tracks, at Monae's request. Still, here are a few of our favorite shoes and the people who wore them. Disclaimer: I came relatively ill-equipped, camera-wise. I apologize for the quality of the shots. I'm the words guy. Just know that these shoes were cool.

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