Posted in Arts, Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, tagged 2023 Oscars, Best Costume Design Oscar, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever costumes, costume designers, Ruth E. Carter on March 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter took home the 2023 Oscar for Best Costume Design for her work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Carter is the first African American to win two Oscars, her first in 2018 for Black Panther.
The array of costumes in this film is amazing. Not to mention the detail. (Click here to see a short video on the costumes.)
Congratulations to Ms. Carter!!
Posted in Arts, Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, tagged Afrofuturism, Black Panther, Black Panther costumes, costume design, fashionable quotes, film costumers, Mothership: Voyage into Afrofuturism, Oakland Museum of California, Oscar for best costumes, Ruth E. Carter on August 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Afrofuturism was the closest we came to following a model that was out there already … I rooted myself in fashion and a lot of times, fashion in its simplicity, can have a forward feel to it.
Ruth E. Carter, American costume designer.
This quote is from a Q&A Ms. Carter did with Forbes magazine in 2018.
Having costumed over 40 films, including Malcom X and Amistad, Ms. Carter has been nominated three times for an Academy Award. In 2019 she was the first African American to win for her work on the Marvel blockbuster film, Black Panther.
Return to ODFL tomorrow for my coverage of the current Oakland Museum of California exhibition, Mothership: Voyage into Afrofuturism.
Posted in Arts, Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, tagged Best Costume Design Oscar, Black Panther costumes, Costume Designers Guild, fashionable quotes, film costumes, Ruth E. Carter, The Costume Designer on February 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Costumes for the film Black Panther by Ruth E. Carter.
What I discovered between the research, artistry, and messages in all the costumes I designed for the many historical and imagined figures is my contribution to Afro-futurism. I am honored to receive this recognition from the Costumes Designers Guild and look forward to telling more stories which can change the world.
Ruth E. Carter, American costume designer.
This quote is from an article about Ms. Carter by Meera Manek in The Costume Designer (The Official Magazine of the Costume Designers Guild), winter 2019.
Ms. Carter recently received the Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild and she’s been nominated for an Oscar (her third nomination) for her work on Black Panther. In the business since the 1980s, Ms. Carter has worked on Amistad, Malcolm X, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, to name just a few. For Black Panther, Ms. Carter says that she found inspiration in her research on ancient African cultures. I like her use of accessories such as the bold jewelry and the marvelous hats worn by Angela Basset. who played Ramonda.
Best of luck to Ms. Carter and all the Oscar nominees this Sunday, February 24th.
Posted in Arts, Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged Alexandra Byrne, best costumes Oscar nominations 2019, fashionable quotes, film costume design, film costumes, Mary Zophres, Oscar nominations, Ruth E. Carter, Sandy Powell on January 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.
Mason Cooley (1927-2002), American aphorist and professor of world literature.
I think that perhaps costume designers would agree with Mr. Mason.
Mary Queen of Scots. Costumes by Alexandra Byrne.
Congratulations to the 2019 Oscar nominees for Best Costumes:
Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen of Scots
Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther
Mary Zophres – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Sandy Powell – Mary Poppins Returns
Each one of these films is a little different and I’m sure not without various challenges.
Find out the winner on February 24, 2019.
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