Coming 2 America / Jermaine Fowler as Lavelle and Nomzamo Mbatha as Mirembe
This gown gives the Marry Me wedding dress a run for its money in sheer size: the train was 15 feet long, and the whole dress weighed 83 pounds. Mbatha said, "I felt like a such princess, the dress was so gorgeous, and I was told 'OK, try to move.' And I literally could not move." The crew set the train up on three little carts, but then they had a problem with the train moving in unexpected ways and pushing Jermaine Fowler out of shots. So finally they added some wires to keep the whole thing moving in a straight line.
The gown itself is made of a gorgeous orangey-red ankara fabric. Mirembe also has a red veil attached to a colorful beaded fascinator, a multi-strand ruby necklace, and ropes of cowrie shells in her hair.
Lavelle looks equally impressive in white and cream, with embroidery on the sleeves and back. His outfit is topped off with a jaunty crown.
Costumes for this film were designed by Ruth E. Carter.
Rewatching Coming 2 America. With CGI and AI taking over movies, this movie full of human choreography, manmade costumes, and set designs made with passion is my guilty pleasure. It reminds me that human creativity will never die.
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"Julia wears a striking outfit: periwinkle skirt, dusty pink blouse, short jacket of black with pink and blue ribbon stripes, and a blue hat with a pink band. She also has a lovely mauve ensemble later in the episode, but it was the multicolored one that really caught my eye."
Feast of Love (2007) / Erika Marozsán as Margaret Vekashi
2046 (2004) / Faye Wong as Wang Jing-wen
The Road to Bali (1952) / Dorothy Lamour as Princess Lala
Funny Lady (1975) / Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice
In the Mood for Love (2000) / Maggie Cheung as Su Li-zhen
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) (1964) / Catherine Deneuve as Geneviève Emery
Coming 2 America (2021) / Gladys Knight as herself
"Lots of amazing costumes in this one - see also:"