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Billy Porter stuns in all-white ensemble on American Music Awards red carpet

By Danny Clemens
Sunday, November 24, 2019
At the American Music Awards on Sunday evening, Billy Porter walked the red carpet in an all-white ensemble that included a white shirt and tie, knee-length coat, wide-legged pants and a distinctive headpiece.
LOS ANGELES -- You can always count on Billy Porter to make an entrance.

At the American Music Awards on Sunday evening, the actor walked the red carpet in a nearly all-white Thom Browne ensemble that included a white shirt and tie, knee-length coat and wide-legged pants. The outfit included "hints of red, white and blue because I'm an American," Porter later tweeted.



He also sported a hat designed by Stephen Jones and an Oscar Heyman & Brothers ring.

Porte later said of his look during the award show while introducing Camila Cabello: "Understated. Low-key. Restrained. That is not how I approach the roles I play or the red carpet. Look at me, I'm an entire mood!"

Sunday night's outfit was the latest in a string of attention-grabbing red carpet looks for the "Pose" star, who made headlines at the Oscars in a custom velvet tuxedo gown designed by Christian Siriano.

Billy Porter kicks off Oscars red carpet in velvet tuxedo gown

Porter was later decked out as an Egyptian-inspired sun god in gold wings and a chain headpiece at the Met Gala, and he donned a glittering suit and a towering asymmetrical hat at the Emmys in September.

Billy Porter carried into Met Gala on throne by shirtless men


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