Jennifer Hudson Is a Superhero in a Velvet Cape

Jennifer Hudson stunned in a velvet caped Brandon Maxwell dress while out promoting her Netflix movie, Sandy Wexler.

It takes a seriously chic woman to wear a Brandon Maxwell dress. The designer’s pieces are bold, sexy, and sophisticated. They are what I like to call “HERE I AM” pieces.

Yesterday, while promoting her Netflix movie, Sandy Wexler, Jennifer Hudson certainly told New York she was in town by wearing the mini-est of mini dresses by the great Maxwell. The dress, from Maxwell’s fall 2016 collection, was black velvet and had a precariously va-va-voom neckline. She paired it with a matching robe/cape situation, also in black velvet, which made her look like a damn superhero. Case in point:

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She added a bold red lip and a pair of bedazzled silver sandals, because why not be more fabulous than everyone else in the Big Apple if ya can be.