Lupita Nyong'o Wears Breastplate Molded From Her Body at Tony Awards

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Lupita Nyong'o stole the amusement astatine the Tony Awards connected June 11, walking the reddish carpet successful an eye-catching metallic breastplate, henna tattooed caput and vivid reddish lips.

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Lupita Nyong'o is the eventual manner warrior.

Just instrumentality 1 look at the Black Panther star's fierce Tony Awards 2023 look on June 11, successful which she armored herself with a metallic metallic breastplate from Misha Japanwala that was molded from her ain body.

The Oscar winner, who paired the statement-making portion with achromatic slacks and a matching blazer, explained that her reddish carpet attire was riddled with meaning.

"Misha Japanwala is simply a Pakistani creator and manner designer, whose enactment is rooted successful the rejection and deconstruction of outer shame attached to one's body," Lupita captioned her Instagram later that evening. "In her creator process, she creates a realistic and existent grounds of a person's assemblage arsenic an enactment of absorption and celebration, and an insistence connected being allowed to beryllium freely successful our bodies."

She signed off, "Thank you for this peculiar accidental to BE EXACTLY HERE, IN THIS BODY NOW."

The 40-year-old's eye-catching ensemble wasn't the lone benignant constituent worthy noting astatine the awards show, which was held at New York City's United Palace Theater.

She wowed successful the quality section with a henna-tattooed design connected her recently shaved head that her creator Sabeen Marghoob called a "Jagua headpiece" connected Instagram Stories. And arsenic a last touch, Lupita packed a punch with vivid reddish lips and graphic eyes.

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Makeup creator Nick Barose explained successful a property merchandise that helium wanted the star's glam to bespeak her striking attire.

"People ever accidental don't bash beardown eyes and beardown lips [together] due to the fact that it tin beryllium excessively much, but it's each astir balance," helium said, noting helium utilized Le Domaine products. "I wanted the constitution to consciousness almighty and there's a batch of country to play."

The cardinal to creating a bold look, helium revealed, is having glowing skin.

"Makeup tin consciousness similar a disguise erstwhile you are doing beardown eyes with a beardown lip," he noted. "So, the tegument has to look caller due to the fact that it's what the constitution is sitting connected apical of. When you prep it the close way, that interior glow is ever coming out."

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The Us star's ensemble proves you tin ne'er spell incorrect with fearless dressing.

Plus, successful summation to Lupita's knock-out style infinitesimal astatine the Tony Awards, different A-listers wore showstopping looks such as Ariana DeBose, Jessica Chastain and truthful galore others. Keep speechmaking to spot each of the reddish carpet fashion.

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Jessica Chastain

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Jennifer Grey

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Wayne Brady and Maile Masako Brady

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Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman

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Stephanie Hsu

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Uzo Aduba

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Colman Domingo

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Jodie Comer

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Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker

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Josh Groban

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Aaron Rodgers and CJ Uzomah

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Erich Bergen

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Sara Bareilles

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Sean Hayes

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Tatiana Maslany and Brendan Hines

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Luke Evans

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Rachel Brosnahan

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Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater

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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Vanessa Nadal

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Lea Michele

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Noah Galvin and Ben Platt

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Common

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Melissa Etheridge

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Michelle Williams and Thomas Kail

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David Mayas

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Samuel L Jackson

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Marcia Gay Harden

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Lupita Nyong'o

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Anna Wintour

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