Black Panther is still one of the
biggest movies of the year and one of
the top 10 highest-grossing movies of
all time and one of the key factors to
this film is the costume design of the
people of Wakanda that includes the
jewels and armor worn by the army that
protects the city in the movie that's
right and the woman who helped create
this look is designer Dorian Fletcher
and guess what
she joins us now in studio ahead of an
event this weekend at the Charles H
Wright Museum thank you so much for
being here thanks for having me
appreciate you if you want to leave
anything how did you get involved with
the film oh wow so I've met the costume
designer Ruthie Carter
a few years ago on a project and after
the project it was my first taste of
actually working on film and I started
having these dreams of these like really
ornate dresses made out of shells and
feathers and I told her about it and she
said well I'm being considered for this
afro futuristic gig and if I get it come
back to LA and I want you to do the
jewelry that's excited yes serendipitous
that was almost like it was meant to be
right tell us about some of the pieces
that you have on display here sure so
we'll start to the left so after the
film I was able to get the license for
the Marvel jewelry so this is the
officially license the Marvel jewelry
these pieces are sterling silver and
gold plated brass and they are designed
for the Black Panther fans so even like
the comic book fan they're designed for
that person who wants to show their
Wakanda pride because I am half wakandan
so are you yeah yeah and then here is my
personal line and so all this stuff is
either gold plated brass or copper and
it really tells the aesthetic of the
really forward-thinking bold
unapologetic woman Wow so is this in
other words and correct me if I'm wrong
is this this is affordable and this is
aspirational
they're both quite affordable in their
own way okay so what was it like to work
on this movie and it turned into
cultural phenomena ah it was
mind-blowing
I mean during the process of where I've
been and where I ended up just being
around so many number-one working with
Ruth Carter which is like she's a
phenomenal artist and costume designer
so just working with her and her
trusting me to support her and executing
her vision was just an honor to be
surrounded by all these amazing artists
and then the cast like it was just a
really I felt like that was I was
finally in the perfect place where my
things could be appreciated and they
were just it was they were amazing
everyone was supportive of each other
and bringing in support right now
Melinda Anderson founder and creative
director of Studio M Detroit tell us
about the event tonight so the event is
going to be a design talk but really
Dorian is an artist that does designs
and it's just gonna be a great event
sharing her journey to Wakanda and also
about her personal journey as an
entrepreneur it's gonna be 7 o'clock
tonight it's free and open to the public
it's gonna be amazing so it is a
celebration and you're invited but what
makes this a little different well I
think that this moment is so special you
know to even have Dorian present you
know a new collection in Detroit vs LA
or New York like I mean we are a UNESCO
city of design the only one in the
States so it's just so fitting that you
know Dorian is doing it here ladies
thank you so much for being here
where's the event tonight real quick
Charles H right Museum all right thank
you so much thank you
and leave it all for talking I know
right tell you my budget
how about that