Spring 2021 The Costume Designer 3
DEPARTMENTS
FEATURES
Star Power: Ruth Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Timeless Black & White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
'90s Redux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
23rd Costume Designers Guild Awards . . . . . . . . 33
Toward a Greener Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Paolo Nieddu Reimagines an Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
The CDGA Selection Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Shop Vintage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Thank You Diversity Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
COVER:
Ruth E. Carter
Cover concept by Anna Wyckoff
Photo by Kelly Serfoss
Hair by DaVonte Blanton
Makeup by Brandy Allen
TOC Photo: Keegan-Michael Key
in Jingle Jangle
Costume design by Michael Wilkinson
Photo by Gareth Gatrell/
Courtesy of Netflix
COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD
3919 Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
phone: 818.848.2800 fax: 818.848.2802
costumedesignersguild.com
GENERAL CDG CORRESPONDENCE
cdgia@cdgia.com
vol. 16, issue 2
Editor's Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Union Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
President's Letter
Executive Director
Labor Report
Sketchbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Illustration
Scrapbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70