Tracee Ellis Ross channels Lucille Ball at Harlem’s Fashion Row event

NEW YORK – Tracee Ellis Ross is embracing her inner Lucille Ball.

The actress took to the stage at the 19th annual Harlem's Fashion Row Fashion Show and Style Awards and brought her usual animated spirit Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Glasshouse in Manhattan.

The Pattern Beauty founder (and owner and co-CEO, as she touted in her speech) had the room in stitches as she opened up the night, which honored singer Erykah Badu, TikTok fashion star Wisdom Kaye, Rihanna's stylist Jahleel Weaver and more.

"Pattern's got you, soup to nuts: Wash, treat, style and heat, scrub, wash, hydrate and glow! And now you know," Ross said in a sing-song voice, moving her arms theatrically. "I feel like I should do that one more time, that was very Lucille Ball."

Ross, whose brand sponsored the evening and who last presented at the 2024 event, proved why she previously received the Fashion Icon honor in 2015: She looked chic in a black jacket with voluminous puff sleeves with matching wide-leg black trousers and a white top underneath.

"From honoree to sponsor, kind of boss if you think about it," she said.

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