we're back to work, and we're there". the new black panther film, wakanda forever, is centred around two incredible women. we have queen ramonda, played by angela bassett, and her daughter shuri, played by letitia wright. talk me through the styles you created for them. how did they their styles complement the storytelling? well, we wanted to get into, like, the west african culture in the sense of, we wanted them to... if you were going to say a backstory, that they had shaved their heads in mourning, and that's what happens in west african culture. so, what would that look like a year later? so taking that idea, and i was like, "0k, angela, we're going to get rid of the locks". and ryan was like, "are you sure?" i said, "yes. we're going to get rid of the locks. "we're just going to go fresh." so keeping her in the same colour, but keeping her in a very crown shape, but like a...a 4a texture. and, you know, something that, like, uplifted her face and made her look really beautiful. and then, with the shuri character,