FOR ONE NIGHT WAKANDA WAS REAL: MARVEL'S BLACK PANTHER FASHION SHOW

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With Black Panther’s release date coinciding with Fashion Week, it was only natural for Marvel to throw a show of its own. 

“Welcome to Wakanda” brought together fashion designers in celebration of the film. Cushnie et Ochs, Tome, Sophie Theallet, Chromat, Brother Vellies, and LaQuan Smith were a few of the brands that created bespoke pieces for the charity auction event (proceeds will benefit Save the Children). Even the cast stopped by: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, and Danai Gurira waltzed in past the black carpet.

The show presented two seemingly opposing themes. Some of the fabrics and hairstyles — like Ikiré Jones’s palm-print suit and a model’s small Afro — felt familiar, while other elements — like the electric eye makeup on most of the models, or LaQuan Smith’s sequined suit — conveyed an out-of-this-world sense of the future. Witnessed live, the show’s Afro-futurism undercurrent felt a bit like Blade Runner: Nigeria....

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