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MARVEL'S BLACK PANTHER STORMS NEW YORK FASHION WEEK WITH INSPIRED DESIGNS..

 Black Panther's colors, spirit and inspirations made their way to New York Fashion Week  at Black Panther: Welcome To Wakanda,, a charity presentation featuring 10 designers who contributed pieces inspired by the forthcoming Marvel film (out Feb. 16).
Labels including Chromat,, Cushnie et Ochs,, LaQuan Smith, Ikiré Jones, Sophie Theallet and TOME participated with custom-made apparel, jewelry and footwear for the event, all of which will be auctioned off following the show to support Save the Children.
Opening Friday to rave reviews, Black Panther is shaping up to be a historic triumph for Marvel, already setting records for its advanced ticket sales and earning praise from critics for its impressive on-screen representation of powerful women and diverse heroes.
At an afternoon preview before the evening's event, Walé Oyéjidé, the creative director of Ikiré Jones whose designs are also featured in the movie, told USA TODAY about the refined menswear look he contributed to the show.“It's very much about fusion and the marriage of cultures, respectfully showing that all of us no matter where we're are inspired by the culture around us,” Jones said, describing the outfit's design as “rooted in an African aesthetic, that has European silhouettes, a silk scarf made in Italy, that represents both African and European culture. And it's just kind of showing that we are better together."

Chromat, a label known for its inclusive sizing and diverse runway shows , contributed a size-14 caged dress made using Ankara fabric from Nigeria, the only plus-size look to be showcased at the afternoon’s preview. To conceptualize the look, Chromat founder Becca McCharen tapped one of the brand's designers Tolu Aremu, whose Nigerian descent specifically informed the dress' international references. "As a white person designing for Black Panther, it was more beneficial and more impactful to have Tolu, one of the amazing designers on our team, take this project and run with it," she said.
"When I got involved with this project...I really thought about my mother. We’re 100% Nigerian, and growing up my household she'd always have her cultural garb, her Ankaras, taking up all the closets in a bunch of rooms, including mine. And so adding this ankara fabric seemed very like perfect for this," Aremu said. "Just highlighting Africa now, in this current state of America, was really just so strong and impactful and beautiful."
In another call-out to the movie's themes, Cushnie et Ochs, the project of designers Michelle Ochs and Carly Cushnie, contributed a golden gown with an embellishment of the heart-shaped herb that gives Black Panther his powers in the film.
"The women at the forefront of (Black Panther’s) main characters was really empowering, and we already want to come in with this female strength in femininity, but then it was reinforced after seeing the film and wanting to create this female warrior look,” Ochs said. “So that’s really where we started from, and then having the heart-shaped herb that’s part of the film to be the beautiful embellishment in a very feminine way on the dress is where we took the design."



"Just seeing that the entire army of the king was women, it was really empowering," she said.".......

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