Marvel Studios sponsored a small Black Panther-inspired presentation, “Welcome To Wakanda”, at the recent New York Fashion Week. It featured designs by LaQuan Smith, Chromat, Wale Oyejide of the brand Ikire Jones, Fear Of God and others, including the jewellery of Douriean Fletcher in a capsule collection.
Fletcher, based in Los Angeles, said she was hired by the film’s costume designer, Ruth E. Carter, to create some statement pieces for the superhero blockbuster after she met Carter through a mutual friend, actress CCH Pounder.