How the Marshall Costume Designer Recreated the 1940s with Authentic Vintage Pieces

Ruth E. Carter’s designs have recreated some of the most powerful, tragic, triumphant, and moving stories in American history. She has already had a momentous career designing the costumes for the 2016 television remake of Roots, Denzel Washington’s stunning turn as Malcolm X, and the transcendent Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, Selma. Carter’s work is a ...