• Celebrity
    • OTE – Screen Kings
    • Daniel Kaluuya Digital Cover
    • Digital Cover Method Man
    • Digital Cover Zazie
    • Celebrity News
    • ‘Yes, Girl!’ Podcast
    • Entertainment
    • Black Celeb Couples
    • Celebrity Moms
    • Red Carpet
    • If Not For My Girls
  • Fashion
    • ESSENCE Fashion House 2022
    • Fashion News
    • Street Style
    • Accessories
    • Fashion Week
  • Beauty
    • Best In Black Beauty 2023
    • ESSENCE Hair Awards 2022
    • AVEENO Skin Health Startup Accelerator
    • Beauty News
    • Skin
    • Makeup
    • Nails
    • Girls United: Beautiful Possibilities
  • Hair
    • Hair News
    • Natural
    • Relaxed
    • Transitioning
    • Weave
    • 4C
  • Love
    • Love & Sex News
    • The Solve Podcast
    • Weddings
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
  • Lifestyle
    • Black History Month
    • ESSENCE Gift Guide 2022
    • ESSENCE + smartwater Live Well Challenge
    • Build Your Legacy 2022
    • Dream & Plan with Confidence Prudential
    • AMEX Platinum Travel
    • Homecoming Season 2022
    • Lifestyle News
    • Health & Wellness
    • ESSENCE Eats
    • Money & Career
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
    • Black Travel Guide
  • News
    • Paint The Polls Black
    • Sponsors Recognition Page 2022
    • Latest News
    • Raise Your Voice
    • Culture
    • Politics
  • Video
  • Festival
    • 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture
    • 2022 Fest Videos
  • Events
    • 2023 Wellness House
    • 2023 Black Women In Hollywood
    • 2023 HOLLYWOOD HOUSE
    • 2023 ESSENCE Film Festival
    • 2022 Girls United Summit
    • 2022 ESSENCE Fashion House
    • 2022 Homecoming Season
    • She Got Now
    • Dear Black Men
    • I Am Speaking
    • Power Tools
  • Studios
  • Girls United

WHERE BLACK CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS MEET

Sign up for ESSENCE Newsletters the keep the Black women at the forefront of conversation.

Your email is required.
Your email is in invalid format.
Confirm email is required.
Email did not match.
Select the newsletters you'd like to receive:
Please select at least one option.
By clicking Subscribe Now, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Skip to content
SUBSCRIBE
  • MAGAZINE
  • NEWSLETTER
  • Celebrity
    • OTE – Screen Kings
    • Daniel Kaluuya Digital Cover
    • Digital Cover Method Man
    • Digital Cover Zazie
    • Celebrity News
    • ‘Yes, Girl!’ Podcast
    • Entertainment
      • Paint The Polls Black
    • Black Celeb Couples
    • Celebrity Moms
    • Red Carpet
    • If Not For My Girls
  • Fashion
    • ESSENCE Fashion House 2022
    • Fashion News
    • Street Style
    • Accessories
    • Fashion Week
  • Beauty
    • Best In Black Beauty 2023
    • ESSENCE Hair Awards 2022
    • AVEENO Skin Health Startup Accelerator
    • Beauty News
    • Skin
    • Makeup
    • Nails
    • Girls United: Beautiful Possibilities
  • Hair
    • Hair News
    • Natural
    • Relaxed
    • Transitioning
    • Weave
    • 4C
  • Love
    • Love & Sex News
    • The Solve Podcast
    • Weddings
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
  • Lifestyle
    • Black History Month
    • ESSENCE Gift Guide 2022
    • ESSENCE + smartwater Live Well Challenge
    • Build Your Legacy 2022
    • Dream & Plan with Confidence Prudential
    • AMEX Platinum Travel
    • Homecoming Season 2022
    • Lifestyle News
    • Health & Wellness
    • ESSENCE Eats
    • Money & Career
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
    • Black Travel Guide
  • News
    • Paint The Polls Black
    • Sponsors Recognition Page 2022
    • Latest News
    • Raise Your Voice
    • Culture
    • Politics
  • Video
  • Festival
    • 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture
    • 2022 Fest Videos
  • Events
    • 2023 Wellness House
    • 2023 Black Women In Hollywood
    • 2023 HOLLYWOOD HOUSE
    • 2023 ESSENCE Film Festival
    • 2022 Girls United Summit
    • 2022 ESSENCE Fashion House
    • 2022 Homecoming Season
    • She Got Now
    • Dear Black Men
    • I Am Speaking
    • Power Tools
  • Studios
  • Girls United
Home · News

Style File: Chrisette Michele

The stylish ESSENCE Festival Super Lounge singer talks about her past looks, how to rock your curves and why she loves peplums.
By Celia L. Smith · Updated October 28, 2020
01
The Right White

“If you’re going to wear white then it’s important that you show your actual shape, otherwise you might just look like a big blob on the camera,” The singer explains about her Alexander McQueen look.

Style File: Chrisette Michele
Kris Connor/Getty Images
02
Bold Move

“When you’re on stage it’s important that you show up because if there’s ten thousand people and you’re one little person you’ve got to show up.  So onstage, it’s about wearing pieces where each one has it’s own moment. Don’t be afraid to overdo it onstage,” says Michele on her orange Alice+Olivia leather top.

Style File: Chrisette Michele
Getty Images
03
Peplum Party

“That’s one of my favorite outfits, I kind of wear that to go to dinner with my girlfriends. I have so many peplum tops it’s a little bit embarrassing,” Chrisette Michele tells ESSENCE.com. “It’s super flattering. It gives anybody an hourglass silhouette, so even if you don’t have the waist that you want, you can throw on a peplum top and BAM you’re Marilyn Monroe.”

Style File: Chrisette Michele
Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images
04
A Little Flare

“I was hanging out at the Guess store with one of my dear friends and she was like, ‘ooh, zebra.’ So it was kind of a fun vibe. It’s important to cinch your waist in and sort of let your fabric graze your curves,” the singer explains.

Style File: Chrisette Michele
05
Casual Coolness

“Don’t be afraid of your waist. I think a lot of times we drench ourselves in fabric but I think the most important thing is to show your waistline or make one if you don’t have one.”

Style File: Chrisette Michele
Getty Images
06
Ivory Fresh

“I was in Long Island and this was the first show with Keyshia Cole and a girl named Nicky Hughes made this. It was really fun to wear, I felt like it was a show dress as opposed to an everyday dress,” she tells us. “I’m a tough girl so a lot of times when I get dressed I express that along with my super femininity. Any girl who runs their own business in this industry has to be a little tough.”

Style File: Chrisette Michele
Lester Cohen/WireImage
07
Denim Diva

“I have more denim tops than is probably legal; from everywhere, I’m just obsessed with them. You can wear them with a bow tie, you can wear them with a necklace,” suggests the singer. “I’m all about taking pieces that could be androgynous and making them super feminine because that makes you comfortable, structured and pretty.”

Style File: Chrisette Michele
Getty Images
08
Pink Lady

“I had on a Diane von Furstenberg top –– I’m obsessed with clothes and it’s tough for me to wear an outfit once. You’re supposed to do that when you’re famous –– like it’s almost a law, but it’s nonsense. I wore it on the Wendy Williams show, I wore it a bunch of places. I just love that top. It’s so fun to frame your face with an accoutrement.”

Style File: Chrisette Michele
09
Lace Effect
“I wear a lot of Tadashi Shoji. I was forty pounds heavier in that picture than I am now, and Tadashi Shoji makes you feel like you are the most elegant, beautiful, curvaceous woman in the entire universe, so Tadashi was one of my staple brands for parties and upscale events.”
Style File: Chrisette Michele
COMPANY INFORMATION
  • Our Company
  • Customer Service
  • Essence Ventures
  • Change Your Address
  • Contact Us
  • Job Opportunities
  • Internships
  • Media Kit
  • tag
SUBSCRIBE
  • Newsletters
  • Give a Gift of ESSENCE
  • Magazine Tablet Edition
FOLLOW US
MORE ON ESSENCE
  • Home
  • Love
  • Celebrity
  • Beauty
  • Hair
  • Fashion
  • ESSENCE festival

ESSENCE.com is part of ESSENCE Communications, Inc.

Essence may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.

©2023 ESSENCE Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Essence.com Advertising Terms

Get The ESSENCE Newsletter and
Special Offers delivered to your inbox

By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Get The ESSENCE Magazine
by subscribing below
subscribe now