Florida teen dons Black Lives Matter prom dress
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Florida teenager’s prom dress stood out from the rest Friday for its Black Lives Matter message.
Milan Morris, 17, donned a floor-length gown that featured the images of young black people whose high-profile deaths led to nationwide protests, Essence.com reported. The dress, created by Florida-based designer Terrance Torrence, included images of Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland and Michael Brown, among others.
Morris, from Palm Beach, is a senior at Cardinal Newman High School, where she is an “all-area player” on the school’s basketball team, according to the Palm Beach Post. She will attend Boston College in the fall, the paper reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}} Morris said the idea for the dress, which took four days to make, rested with Torrence. "He was the mastermind behind this whole thing honestly," Morris told Essence.
Torrence added: "It was powerful and a movement and I knew people would respond to it."