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"What to do with the Man-iii-Fold~"

Captured by Knull, Cable can bodyslide and keep up with Manifold wherever he goes. Nowhere is too far for the God of the Void.

This incredible teleportation chase is from SWORD #4 by Al Ewing and masterfully drawn by Valerio Schiti.

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Just them both talking about the others nation and culture.

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Shuri's Fashion Part 1

Compiling all of Shuri's outfits because I love her character and all the work Ruth Carter (Costume Designer for Black Panther and Black Panther Wakanda Forever) put into them.

"With Shuri, we wanted to show designs that feel young and vibrant. I really wanted her to have vibrancy and freshness, and pop colors." -Carter

“You meet her and she’s not interested in being in anything traditional. So we didn’t give her any beads, any kente cloth, nothing like that. All of her materials have a vibe of being eco-friendly and forward-thinking.” -Carter

The very first outfit we see Shuri in:

Cropped top and mini skirt. Something we'll see is a pattern for her.

"And then you have Shuri who is wearing an Adinkra symbol. This Adinkra symbol means purpose, and she certainly has a purpose in Wakanda." -Carter

Specifically it is the Wawa Aba symbol meaning "seed of the Wawa tree" This seed is known for its hardness. So Wawa Aba also symbolizes hardness, strength, toughness, endurance, durability, and so on.

The second outfit is the Traditional grab worn at Warrior Falls

The corset is inspired by the Dinka tribe, with clay beads and a long spear at the back. The combination was so uncomfortable for Letitia Wright to wear, it lead to the "This corset is really uncomfortable..." line.

The jaw piece is made of Shark teeth

Next is her white lab dress. She's finally back in something she created for herself. And of course, if it ain't a cropped top with a mini skirt. It's a mini-dress. 🤣 “I decided that the overlay would a type of material that is protective, cool and fun. I felt like it should look like it was made from recyclable fabric or recyclable materials. The first dress we see Shuri wear is a white dress with a mesh overlay. Overlays look like they are protecting the fabric that’s underneath, or they create a story of their own, so most of her costumes have these protective layers."

“I was faced with the challenge of the ‘lab coat’ and I felt like it was so cliché,” said Carter. “Any time someone says, ‘We’re in the lab,’ people go, ‘Well, get the lab coat!’” Instead, Carter fashioned this strapless dress and gave it a mesh overlay that subtly suggests a lab coat and also feels like something that Shuri would have invented herself.

But Carter says the shape of her clothing still holds meaning. "Her first dress is a white dress and we created the front of it to be this cylindrical round shape — and I was trying to connect shapes within Wakanda so you see them repeat. It's the language of Wakanda."

“It was a big challenge for me to come up with a wearable lab outfit that would fit the character of Shuri. She’s the young designer genius of the Wakandan Design Group and she’s very forward-thinking, so I don’t see her wearing a standard lab coat." -Carter

Next up, her lab outfit during the Korean car chase scene

Another ding for cropped tops and mini skirts

Next the "Broken White Boy" scene. Another mini-dress with an overlay.

For the next few scenes, Shuri is wearing an orange jumpsuit with stitching meant to resemble a panther face.

Shuri on the way to the Jabari tribe and sneaking into her lab wearing Basotho blankets 

And finally we get to Shuri's battle outfit

It will never not be funny to me that Shuri had to stop to put on makeup before she entered the battlefield. And she didn't just stop at the warrior dots. She had to add eye shadow, lipstick, and put her braids in an updo. An absolute Queen.

Final scene before end credits and another ding for mini-skirts

And her final outfit where she's given a more 'mature' look. Unfortunately we don't get a very good look at the full ensemble.

All in all, Shuri's fashion seems to favor, short dresses and skirts; Mesh and see through overlays for lab protection; Clothing she makes for her self out of recyclable materials; and a preference for white and orange colors. And of course, a majority of her footwear favors SNEAKers. 🤣

And that was just BP1 😩 The next few posts might need to get broken into more parts.

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Shuri's Fashion Part 1.2

Mainly, everything she wears outside the Black Panther franchise.

Her looks from Infinity War, which is just her black jumpsuit from BP1, but with a different orange jacket. Matches up with comments Wright made about having to leave the set of BP to film her scenes for IW.

Her Endgame look which is once again, her BP1 battle garb.

Another hard to see outfit, but here we get a silver dress similar to the one cut from BP1.

And now Tony's funeral. All the Wakandan's just slaying everyone.

No mini-dresses, cropped tops or SNEAKers, because this is a funeral, but her back was out 🤣 Again, absolute Queen.

Throwing this silver dress in for fun. It was cut from the movie, but it gets shared in almost all interviews and all concept art for BP1

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Black History Month

Day 20

Shuri

Black Panther

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Shuri by DrZime

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Shuri moodboard

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- THE BLACK PANTHER (SHURI) -

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Her shades of Black

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Janelle Chord is Silhouette, a disabled biracial (Black father, Cambodian mother) mutant gifted w/ superhuman physical condition (strength, durability, speed, stamina, senses, agility), as well as power to blend into & teleport through shadows; born of a cult prophecy & formerly a gang member, she now aids heroes, such as the New Warriors, Shuri, Ironheart & the Avengers!

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Another thing I'd also like to point out is, Shuri doesn't actually hate corsets. She just didn't like the one at Warrior Falls because it was particularly uncomfortable (a spear was against her spine).

We actually see her wearing a corset later in Wakanda Forever, under her long-sleeve. During her grieving period, no less.

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Daily reminder that Shuri is in fact a fashionista and loves fashion.

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Character sketches of Eden Fesi AKA Manifold by Butch Guice

You can really tell he used pictures of Aboriginal men circa the 80s Land Rights Movement as references here. I love it.