Celebrity · Posted 14 minutes ago 21 Celebrities Who Wore Stunning Red Carpet Looks Inspired By Their Heritage "If I'm going to an award ceremony, I'm not going there to be someone else, I'm going there to be myself. And part of me is my culture." by Morgan Sloss BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail 1.
At the 2022 Black Adam premiere, Drew Afualo and her boyfriend Pili repped Samoa from head to toe. As a Samoan woman myself, I'm still obsessed with her dress with a tapa corset. This cloth is made from bark and is deeply significant in Polynesian cultures.
Pili wore an ula fala (the red necklace) and an ie faitaga, which is often worn by men to formal events. Andrew H. Walker/ Shutterstock On Instagram, Drew wrote , "I had a custom dress made by a Samoan woman @nancyelizabethxo.
My glam was done by a Samoan HMUA @adamlesimmons, AND I got to walk w my Samoan boyfriend @billythekidd_. WE OUT HERE BABY." 2.
This week, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan attended the Gold Gala, Gold House's annual event that celebrates Asian and Pacific Islander excellence. She wore a stunning Indian lehenga with jhumka earrings. Tommaso Boddi /Monica Schipper / Getty Images / Via Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images 3.
According to designer Thai Nguyen, Kelly Marie Tran became the first person to wear a Vietnamese áo dài at the Oscars when she wowed on the 2022 red carpet. In a Facebook video , he said it took six artists to create the look. Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media/Kevin Mazur / WireImag.