Lupita Nyong’o Stuns in Silver Breastplate Cast From Mold of Her Body at the Tony Awards
Lupita Nyong’o showed up at the Tony Awards on Sunday looking stunning in a custom silver breastplate by designer Misha Japanwala—which she described as a “shameless out-of-body experience.”
“Honored, humbled, strengthened, and energized to don this breastplate created by @mishajapanwala, which she cast and molded of my body,” Lupita wrote in a lengthy caption on Instagram. “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. In her artistic process, she creates a realistic and true record of a person’s body as an act of resistance and celebration and an insistence on being allowed to exist freely in our bodies.”
Lupita then quoted Misha as saying, “The word ‘beghairat’ (translation: shameless) has become an anchor in my practice; thousands of people have used it to describe me and the work I create in an effort to insult and shame me into silence. In reclaiming the word and understanding that the rejection of others’ narrow definitions of shame is one of the most powerful tools for liberation, I’ve come to deeply appreciate and respect what living a life of shamelessness truly means. My craft pertains to documenting our existence in the most truthful way I possibly can—I change nothing about the body and how it looks. I think that act of surrendering and allowing our bodies to simply be is such a beautiful and powerful thing.”
Lupita went on to thank Misha for the opportunity to “BE EXACTLY HERE, IN THIS BODY NOW,” adding, “Her extraordinary work, Beghairati Ki Nishaani: Traces of Shamelessness, is on view now at @hannahtraoregallery in New York City until July 30.”
Obviously a must-see if you’re in the city!
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