00:00Well, I'm obsessed with the dress I have on, but I want you all to know that the belt is
00:03so tight that I can not only not bend, but I can barely breathe.
00:07It's shallow breathing, but you know what?
00:09I will do it for fashion.
00:17Hi, I'm Traci Ellis Ross.
00:19Welcome to my Essence Uncovered.
00:27The vibe was unbelievable.
00:29It was incredible.
00:30It was fierce.
00:31It was fabulous.
00:32It was magic.
00:33It was special.
00:34It was tender.
00:35It was gentle, delicate, and loving.
00:37My favorite hair look today, let me think, the crown.
00:41I'm wearing a crown of hair.
00:43I don't know.
00:44I feel like I've been waiting my entire life to wear a crown of hair.
00:47My hair has always felt like a crown, but to have it actually shaped into a crown feels like, hmm,
00:53perfect.
00:54But I'm wearing Givenchy right now.
00:55When you work with artists, you just let it go.
01:05The clothes were epic.
01:06I don't even know where to begin.
01:07They were all couture.
01:08Couture is like art.
01:09And so I was working with two artists.
01:12I had artists in every direction with Vera on the face.
01:16And so it was art times art times art.
01:20And then there was a little bit of me involved.
01:22I was like the sprinkle, the sprinkle of humanity in the middle.
01:26But then there were just artists all over me, just making magic.
01:30And I just was like, what?
01:31Where do you want me?
01:36It's been fun.
01:37I can't believe this is year six.
01:39I thought our show was going to be great.
01:41And that's what you hope.
01:42We've created a brand that can live in other areas than just blackish, which is really exciting and is evidence
01:51of the legs that our show has and the kind of characters that we've created.
01:55That's banana cakes.
02:02Oh my god, Essence on covers!
