Ruth E. Carter, Derica Cole Washington Each Nominated For Costume Designers Guild Awards
essence.comRuth E. Carter and Derica Cole Washington! Each of these ladies has been officially recognized for their work by the Costume Designers Guild for their 24th annual awards.
The Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA) celebrate excellence in costume design for film, television, and short-form works.
Both Carter and Washington are nominated in the category of Excellence in Contemporary Film. Washington’s nomination comes for her work in the A24 film Zola, the (mostly) true tale that backs up the viral 2015 Twitter thread that held a captive audience and quickly garnered Hollywood’s attention.
The stripper-centric on-screen story was punctuated by carefully selected wardrobe choices that warned of the underlying dangers facing the film’s protagonist.
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