From Wakanda to Zamunda: Ruth E. Carter on dreaming up costumes for Coming 2 America’s fashion-forward royals Katie Rosseinsky
When Ruth E. Carter was working on costumes for Black Panther’s Wakandan superheroes back in 2017, she ended up taking a brief detour via another fictional African nation after cast members Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira and Daniel Kaluuya asked her to help them out for their Coming to America-themed fancy dress party.
The actors had hoped that she and her team might lend them some cast-offs from the Marvel movie’s wardrobe department. Instead, she decked them out in brand new, custom made outfits inspired by those worn by Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and co in the cult 1989 comedy, which starred Murphy as Prince Akeem of Zamunda, crossing the Atlantic to New York in the pursuit of love.
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Next, she’s taking us back to Zamunda in the highly-anticipated sequel,
Coming 2 America.
When we think of the most important, the most impactful, and the most resonant films of our time, they all have one thing in common they have all been blessed by the unrivaled talents of Ruth E. Carter, who tells our stories through fashion like no one else.
“When I first came into the industry, I looked for someone like me. I actually wanted a mentor to show me what Hollywood was like. And there were very few people working in costume design,” she told
theGrio. “But I couldn’t find a person of color as a designer and so I felt like those were my shoes I would fill. I wanted to gather as much information about the Hollywood system as I could.”
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YOU THINK 2020 WAS CRAZY
Buckle up for 2021. Don’t ease up on your resilience or sense of humor yet. This year will hold some historic moments (already has). So maybe if we’re prepared or anything, we can make it a positive journey.
It already has affected our lives in so many ways. Let’s take a look at our city, the state and our nation. Just a few examples.
RECALL NEWSOM!
He rubs some people the wrong way, just for the excess hair gel. You can debate whether or not he’s done a good or rotten job, in the face of a pandemic and the resultant economic collapse, and a Federal Government throwing stumbling blocks at CA, following the lead of the Orange Oaf. The LA Times reported that the recall effort has been fueled by QAnon and other conspiracy groups, including one affiliated with the lethal Proud Boys. Politics, rearing its very ugly head.