Richard performing at the House of Blues Houston in January 2019

Did you see her? Dawn Angeliqué Richard, the New Orleans native with Haitian roots, wore a red tree dress to the 2024 Grammys that she and the designer say reflects their cultures, including Mardi Gras.

The “Bubblegum” singer’s “Arboreal” dress is a Khosrov Melkonyan design that took 1,200 leaves and five months to make, according to a JustJared.com report. Richard, 40, paired the garment with the company’s “Thorn” hoop earrings. 

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Ralph Delly is an award-winning music and entertainment journalist with extensive experience covering the Haitian Music Industry and the Haitian-American community. He has worked in Haiti and the United States at such media organizations as Radio Metropole, WNWK/107.5 FM, Radio Soleil d’Haïti and The Haitian Time – where he penned the popular “The Delly Dish” gossip column. Dellys has worked with numerous artists in the HMI, including Zin, Lakol, Phantoms, Zenglen, Sokute, Jam, See Well and 509 – to name a few. Delly graduated from Carlos Albizu University of Miami and City College of New York (CUNY)