In a seeming nod to "The Favourite" and its Queen Anne's affection for bunnies and elaborate dress, Melissa McCarthy had her audience roaring with laughter as she came out to present the best costume design award dressed in a huge, white queen's gown covered with stuffed rabbits.The laughter continued as McCarthy explained that a costumer's job is to present authentic dress for actors but "never distract from the story."She presented the award with Brian Tyree Henry, who was also decked out in an elaborate period dress.Deadpan, McCarthy and Tyree Henry delivered an ode to "the drape of fabric just so" and the designers who "create a pastiche of textiles with authenticity." Laughter resumed as she struggled to open the winner's envelope with a bunny puppet attached to one of her hands.The Oscar went to Ruth E. Carter, costumer for "Black Panther."Carter says, "Marvel may have created the first black superhero, but through costume design, we turned him into an African king."Carter is the first black woman to win the Oscar for costume design, per The Daily Beast. Her "Black Panther" colleague, Hannah Beachler, is the first black woman to take home the Oscar for production design.— Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton) and John C. Rogers at the Oscars.
In a seeming nod to "The Favourite" and its Queen Anne's affection for bunnies and elaborate dress, Melissa McCarthy had her audience roaring with laughter as she came out to present the best costume design award dressed in a huge, white queen's gown covered with stuffed rabbits.
The laughter continued as McCarthy explained that a costumer's job is to present authentic dress for actors but "never distract from the story."
She presented the award with Brian Tyree Henry, who was also decked out in an elaborate period dress.
Deadpan, McCarthy and Tyree Henry delivered an ode to "the drape of fabric just so" and the designers who "create a pastiche of textiles with authenticity."
Laughter resumed as she struggled to open the winner's envelope with a bunny puppet attached to one of her hands.
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The Oscar went to Ruth E. Carter, costumer for "Black Panther."
Carter says, "Marvel may have created the first black superhero, but through costume design, we turned him into an African king."
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Carter is the first black woman to win the Oscar for costume design, . Her "Black Panther" colleague, Hannah Beachler, is the first black woman to take home the Oscar for production design.
— Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton) and John C. Rogers at the Oscars.
