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Essence highlights Black women in Hollywood, exploring 'Sinners' cast and crew's creative process, hair, and set design.

Black women creatives, led by costume designer Ruth E. Carter, are making history at the Oscars, shattering barriers and receiving long-overdue recognition.

Record-breaking 16 Oscar nods for 'Sinners' film, celebrating Black talent on-screen and behind the lens.

We spoke to Ruth Carter, the Academy Award-winning costume designer, who is the mastermind behind the Afro-futuristic Wakanda garbs.

In collaboration with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, #ColoringWithRuth is the perfect lockdown activity created in our own beautiful melanated image.

  With four days into black history month, Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth Carter (Black Panther, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X) made herstory by releasing her first collection with retail giant, H&M. The collection is the perfect meld of a blackity black moment and 80’s vibes personified. “People think that I got into this […]