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Drammeh Queen

When Ammy Drammeh met Michaela Coel on set for her Garage cover shoot, a distant reference came to mind. It was an image of 60s actress Shirley Eaton in the James Bond film Goldfinger, painted from head to toe in shimmering gold. She took in the actor's cutting cheekbones, fixed poise and deep skin in opting to paint her the same colour, as if foreshadowing the golden statues that would grace her palm the following year.

“I don't know if it's correct, but I read the story that the make-up they used was really high in this poisonous substance because it's a metal,” Drammeh

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