"When director Ryan Coogler first saw Jordan try on Stack's red fedora, bought by Carter in Los Angeles's Melrose Avenue, he was like 'that's it.' Then he goes up into the rest of the office, and people are coming down, like, 'Ryan's talking upstairs about a red hat?' You know when you've hit it—it's a transformation."
"This is just a small example of the canny period world-building that has made Carter the most-garlanded Black woman in Oscars history, and the owner of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her work on Coogler's genre-squashing, Jim Crow-era drama, which has gained a record-breaking 16 Oscar nods, has landed a fifth nomination for the two-time Oscar winner."
Ruth E Carter's costume design plays a pivotal role in the multi-Oscar-nominated film Sinners, where she uses distinctive hats to differentiate between two identical twins played by Michael B Jordan. Stack wears a red fedora while Smoke wears a blue newsboy flat cap. Director Ryan Coogler's immediate recognition of the red fedora as transformative demonstrates Carter's meticulous approach to period world-building. This work has earned Carter a fifth Oscar nomination and solidifies her status as the most-garlanded Black woman in Oscars history. The costumes for Sinners convey the grit and glamour of 1930s Mississippi through bold, accurate replicas. Carter continues with upcoming projects including producing a biopic of pioneering Black fashion designer Ann Lowe alongside Serena Williams.
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