Keke Palmer’s Emmys Look Was a Masterclass in Monochrome

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published 8 January 2024

Keke Palmer has long held the hearts of movie and television fanatics, particularly the Millennial and Gen Z audiences who grew up watching her in Akeelah and the Bee and in Nickelodeon shows like True Jackson, VP. Since her childhood acting days, Palmer has continued to make a name for herself in show business, having starred in indie gems like Alice in 2022 and in the Jordan Peele blockbuster Nope the same year. Now, she’s also the host of NBC’s game show Password, in which two contestants, each of whom get partnered with a celebrity, compete against one another in a word association game similar to Taboo.

And last night, Palmer made history by winning the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys award for Best Game Show Host. She is the first woman in 15 years to have won the award, and is the first Black woman to have been nominated or to have won in the category.

Palmer did her victory lap on the red carpet after winning her award, posing in a monochromatic maroon look that drew all eyes to her ensemble. Her deep reddish-purple lipstick matched perfectly with her long stiletto manicure and with her Toni Maticevski gown. The look was the result of stupendous collaboration between her makeup artist, Kenya Alexis, and her fashion stylist, Seth Chernoff, who undoubtedly spent ages ensuring that the exact hues of her look aligned perfectly.

In a season where bright red is dominating beauty vision boards, consider balancing the bright shade out with its darker, more wintery cousin, maroon.

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Gabrielle Ulubay is a Beauty Writer at Marie Claire. She has also written about sexual wellness, politics, culture, and fashion at Marie Claire and at publications including The New York Times, HuffPost Personal, Bustle, Alma, Muskrat Magazine, O'Bheal, and elsewhere. Her personal essay in The New York Times' Modern Love column kickstarted her professional writing career in 2018, and that piece has since been printed in the 2019 revised edition of the Modern Love book. Having studied history, international relations, and film, she has made films on politics and gender equity in addition to writing about cinema for Film Ireland, University College Cork, and on her personal blog, gabrielleulubay.medium.com. Before working with Marie Claire, Gabrielle worked in local government, higher education, and sales, and has resided in four countries and counting. She has worked extensively in the e-commerce and sales spaces since 2020, and spent two years at Drizly, where she developed an expertise in finding the best, highest quality goods and experiences money can buy.

Deeply political, she believes that skincare, haircare, and sexual wellness are central tenets to one's overall health and fights for them to be taken seriously, especially for people of color. She also loves studying makeup as a means of artistic expression, drawing on her experience as an artist in her analysis of beauty trends. She's based in New York City, where she can be found watching movies or running her art business when she isn't writing. Find her on Twitter at @GabrielleUlubay or on Instagram at @gabrielle.ulubay, or follow her art at @suburban.graffiti.art

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