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I missed these photos yesterday, so I’m sorry about that. Lupita Nyong’o attended the BFI London Film Festival premiere of Queen of Katwe and her head-wrap game continues unabated. Lupita looked… amazing. Striking. Fantastic. Her ensemble, from head wrap to pants, is by Rosie Assoulin. Lupita was recently asked why she’s been wearing so many head wraps over the past several months, and her response was classic:

If you’ve seen a photo of Lupita Nyong’o on the red carpet recently, you would have noticed she has introduced a new element to her elaborate ensembles: A head wrap. The actress, 33, has worn them all throughout her press tour for her Uganda-set film Queen of Katwe, and it’s a look that means a lot to her, the star tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.

“Going with the theme of the movie, they are my crowns,” says the star. “It’s the quintessential African accessory,” she says of the look, noting that she loves to research different styles on Pinterest.

[From People]

“They are my crowns” – I love that. QUEEN! Incidentally, Lupita also covers Elle Magazine’s Women in Hollywood issue (there are multiple covers, which you can see here). She told the magazine:

On her success, despite an agent telling her that her skin was “too dark for African television”:
“I grew up with a very limited mirror of myself. I watched a lot of TV, but the people on it were always light skinned. And now I have a platform that takes me into people’s houses and onto the pages of their magazines.”

[From Elle]

That’s what I love about Lupita and what she represents for women. It’s not just that she’s a dark-skinned woman actively hoping to inspire women of color. It’s that she owns who she is so completely, inside and out, and you can feel her self-love radiate. Why not wear a crown? Why not be a queen? Why not declare yourself empress of the world?

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Photos courtesy of WENN.
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