Ruth E. Carter on Spike Lee and Black Panther

Ruth E. Carter won the Best Costume Design Oscar for Black Panther in February 2019. She discusses the complete arc of her career from crafting the wardrobe for 14 Spike Lee films plus the mashup of influences – Afro-Futurism, Gareth Pugh, Winnie Mandela – which went into conceiving the wardrobe for Ryan Coogler’s Marvel blockbuster.

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Fashion Conversations with Bronwyn Cosgrave is a bi-weekly interview series featuring lively discussions with artistic luminaries working at the forefront of fashion. Bronwyn’s guests include leading designers, best-selling authors, filmmakers, museum curators and Hollywood stylists. Her conversations go deep. Guests reveal the secrets to their artistry, thoughts on social issues impacting fashion and the personal challenges they’ve overcome realizing their dreams. Bronwyn is the author of best-selling fashion history books. She produces feature-length fashion documentaries and writes journalism about design and fashion. Her humanistic, research-driven interview style is shaped by her extensive work as a fashion historian, a television commentator and broadcaster for international radio networks such as the BBC, CBC and NPR. Fashion Conversations with Bronwyn Cosgrave is a Wondercast Production.