Oscar Award winner Ruth E. Carter was the first African-American to win and be nominated for Best Costume Design, as well as the first Black woman to win multiple Academy Awards in any category. She has collaborated with Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, John Singleton, and Ryan Coogler. Ruth talks about some of the looks from her almost 40 year career from her first film (School Daze) and selecting George Costanza’s glasses for Seinfeld to Halle Berry’s rubber outfit in B*A*P*S and the details of the iconic Black Panther suit. She also talks about the research she did for period pieces like The Five Heartbeats, Cobb, Selma, and Amistad.
time stamps: [Spoiler (click to open)]
00:00 – 1988 – School Daze
00:47 – 1988 – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka
01:44 – 1989 – Seinfeld
02:38 – 1989 – Do the Right Thing
04:26 – 1991 – The Five Heartbeats
05:10 – 1992 – Malcolm X
06:30 – 1993 – What’s Love Got to Do with It
08:10 – 1994 – Cobb
09:29 – 1997 – Rosewood
10:23 – 1997 – B*A*P*S
11:13 – 1997 – Amistad
12:14 – 2000 – Love & Basketball
12:36 – 2000 – Shaft
13:38 – 2014 – Selma
14:22 – 2018 – Black Panther
15:17 – 2018 – Yellowstone
15:55 – 2025 – Sinners
17:20 – 2025 – Met Gala: Teyana Taylor
