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In ‘Black Panther,’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Found a Career-Defining Challenge
‘Black Panther’ pushed Carter to abandon rigorous historicism for fantastical Afrofuturism—and put her talents in even higher demand
ON THE VERY cruelest day of August, with the mercury hovering around 108 degrees in California’s San Fernando Valley, Ruth E. Carter, unfazed, is sifting through polyester suits, wide ties, platform shoes and other unbreathable hallmarks of the 1970s—or at least of a particular cinematic fantasy of the 1970s. The costume designer who earlier...
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