Black Panther’s Costume Designer Breaks Down The Real World Inspiration Behind Key Looks

Black Panther’s Costume Designer Breaks Down The Real World Inspiration Behind Key Looks

Video: Black Panther‘s costumes weren’t just the garb of King T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and the people of Wakanda. They were also a loving tribute to the art, history and culture of several African nations. Now, the film’s costume designer Ruth Carter is giving an inside look at how she mixed tradition and technology to bring the film’s Afrofuturist vision to life.

Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) wears an isocholo that was created using a 3D printer. Image: Disney

In a video for Vanity Fair, costume designer Ruth Carter dove deep into the costumes for two of Black Panther‘s key scenes: T’Challa’s return to Wakanda, and the Warrior Falls sequence.

The clip is about 13 minutes long but definitely worth staying through the end. Carter goes through every major character and tribe featured in the scenes, showing where the inspiration for their outfits came from, as well as how they modernised them to fit within Wakanda’s world.

For example, the traditional hat, called an isicholo, and “shoulder mantle” for Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) were created with a 3D printer.

Black Panther comes to digital download May 16 and then Blu-ray May 30.

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