Key Takeaways:

• Teyana Taylor and Danai Gurira appeared in Dora Milaje battle armor from Black Panther throughout Vogue World 2025.
• The tribute spotlighted Ruth E. Carter’s Oscar-winning legacy in Afrofuturist costume design.
• Angela Bassett additionally wore her Queen Ramonda robe from Wakanda Forever, including cinematic depth to the occasion.

On Sunday (Oct. 26), the annual Vogue World showcase returned to Los Angeles. The 2025 version, titled Vogue World: Hollywood, occurred on the Paramount Pictures lot and featured a stay performance-meets-runway format celebrating vogue, movie and music. Several celebrities reportedly attended the occasion, showing each within the entrance row and on stage.

One of essentially the most notable segments of the night was the sixth act, which spotlighted Afrofuturism and honored Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter. Known for her work on School Daze, Malcolm X and Sinners, Carter’s designs have turn into synonymous with visually hanging depictions of Black tradition on display screen. In 2019, she grew to become the primary Black lady to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, an honor earned for her work on Marvel’s Black Panther.

As such, actors Danai Gurira and Teyana Taylor made shock appearances throughout this act by sporting Carter’s unique designs from the Chadwick Boseman-starring movie. Both appeared within the purple and silver battle armor worn by the Dora Milaje, the elite all-female royal guard that protects Wakanda’s ruler. Accompanied by Damson Idris, actress Angela Bassett additionally took half within the presentation, sporting the purple robe Carter created for her portrayal of Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Whether or not this confirms Taylor and Idris’ inclusion within the critically acclaimed superhero sequence is but to be seen.

Tonight’s look marked Gurira’s Vogue World debut. Taylor, in the meantime, is acquainted to the occasion’s viewers, having delivered a standout efficiency at Vogue World: Paris in 2024 whereas sporting a metallic chainmail look by Rabanne.

Released in 2018, Black Panther grossed greater than $1.3 billion worldwide and obtained seven Academy Award nominations (whereas successful three). Its sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, premiered in 2022 and continued the story following Boseman’s tragic passing. Both movies had been directed by Ryan Coogler.