Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Costume designer Ruth E. Carter dedicated her NAACP Image Award win to the late Chadwick Boseman during a luncheon and fashion show, held in honor of the 54th annual awards on Thursday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles.
As Carter took to the runway to accept her trophy for outstanding costume design on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” she used her speech to remembered Boseman, who died in 2020. “It was because of him that we came together and we mourned.
We celebrated his life,” Carter told the crowd assembled on the L.A. Live event deck. “We all have him to thank for the motivation, not only of ‘Wakanda Forever,’ but also for the first ‘Black Panther.'” Ruth Carter accepts the NAACP Image Award for #WakandaForever's costumes — and dedicates the win to Chadwick Boseman.
pic.twitter.com/IftYXJPD1L The Academy Award nominee (who won the costume design Oscar in 2019 for the first film) also took a moment during her speech to praise the NAACP for their recognition of crafts.
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