Lupita Nyong'o hit the TonyAwards red carpet in a custom breastplate by Pakistani artist Misha Japanwala.
Nyong'o shared the deeper meaning behind her artistic outfit on, describing it as a"shameless out-of-body experience" to wear it at the Tonys."Honored, humbled, strengthened and energized to don this breastplate created by @mishajapanwala, which she cast and molded of my body," the star wrote."Misha Japanwala is a Pakistani artist and fashion designer, whose work is rooted in the rejection and deconstruction of external shame attached to one's body.
"For all the comments criticizing this look and policing a woman about her body — this is why I create the work that I do." The revealing look stirred up mixed reactions online, leading Japanwala to defend her work and reiterate the message she's aiming to spread with her designs."For all the comments criticizing this look and policing a woman about her body — this is why I create the work that I do and document people's bodies without changing a thing about them," she commented on a.
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