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Feb 9, 2018 · There’s another comic book superhero getting a lot of press, with the Black Panther movie coming out later this month, so here’s a visual history of his costumes, both comic and movie versions.
“Black Panther” went on to win the Oscar for best costume design. CNN — For more than 30 years, Ruth E. Carter has dressed the characters in seminal films about the African-American...
Ruth E. Carter is the two-time Academy Award winning American film costume designer. Best known for turning the Black Panther superhero into an African King, Carter makes history as the first Black person to win the Costume Design category and earns Marvel Studios their first Oscar recognition.
The making of the “Black Panther” costumes, explained by their designer. Out in French movie theaters on February 14, Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler, is the revelation of 2018 for Marvel fans. It successfully portrays a different vision of what a superhero can be, an African-influenced Wakanda kingdom, and also debuts completely ...
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- The Midnight Angel Takes Flight
- Fit For A Queen
- Diving Into Talokan
- A Moving Memorial
You can't have a Black Panther movie without a Black Panther suit. The sequel follows the young princess Shuri (Letitia Wright) as she grapples with the death of her older brother T'Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman), eventually vowing to take up his mantle and serve as Wakanda's protector herself. Shuri is a scientist and engineer who constructs h...
Warrior Okoye (Danai Gurira) spends much of the first Black Panther in her red Dora Milaje armor, but she gets an upgrade at the end of Wakanda Forever. Shuri develops a new armor prototype that she dubs the "Midnight Angel," and Okoye wears the final blue suit into battle. (The name is also painted on the armor, using the Wakandan alphabet.) It's ...
Carter and Angela Bassett have a long history, having worked together on films like Malcolm X, What's Love Got to Do With It, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. For Wakanda Forever, Carter designed a whole closet full of royal looks, but her personal favorite might be the regal purple gown that Bassett wears at the beginning of the film. As Queen ...
Wakanda Forever situates much of its story in the title African nation, but it also introduces the underwater paradise of Talokan, led by the mercurial Namor (Tenoch Huerta). This elaborate civilization has roots in ancient Mayan culture, and Carter met with Mesoamerican historians and experts for insight. The Talokanil people also have a deep conn...
Despite those underwater complications, one of Carter's trickiest scenes actually takes place on dry land. It comes early in the film, as the entire nation of Wakanda gathers to mourn T'Challa, all of them dressed in brilliant white. The lack of color presented a challenge: Wakanda is comprised of several different tribes, each with their own color...
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Aug 14, 2020 · Marvel's Black Panther featured sprawling, eye-candy sets and gorgeous costumes — the standout of which was the titular hero's suit. Looper recently spoke with Dorotka Sapinska, the assistant...
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Feb 19, 2018 · The vivid shade of the Dora Milaje's armour is the culmination of the bold reds Carter saw on her travels in South Africa. “I wanted to enhance the tone of the red, so if you saw four fighters standing together, four felt like 10, because of the strength and saturated nature of the colour.”.
